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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, his staff, and members of the committee, both here and remotely, and those viewing from outside or on television. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that members should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State. I call Deputy Doherty.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We cannot have this.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: Hold on. One speaker finishes and then the other responds. Listen carefully to each other and then I might even intervene myself, horror of horrors.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I want to intervene for a second.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I know Deputy Doherty is putting the question. I think both sides are genuine in what they are trying to do but they are at cross-purposes. They are not coming at it at the same level at all.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: When will that be required?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister of State is answering the question.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: No. One thing has to come before the other.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: I ask members to calm down.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: We cannot have an argy-bargy argument across the room. One speaker will finish and then the other will start.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Online Safety (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent and context of any engagements she has had with media interests, with particular reference to the need to protect the privacy of the individual and protect adults, children and the vulnerable from cyber abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9194/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Online Safety (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate precautions are taken to protect the public from online bullying or abuse through social media or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Swimming Pools (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the swimming pool development programme is expected to continue; the basis on which it will continue over the next two years; the extent of the programme to date in dealing with the needs as represented by local communities throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sport and Recreational Development (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to reach out to those involved in sporting activities, with a view to continuation of sporting activities in the future in line with the needs as presented by local communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support the arts throughout the country, with particular reference to both amateur and professional, given the need to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9199/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Arts Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role she sees for the arts at local, national, professional and amateur levels to develop in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9200/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor the tourism sector, with a view to ensuring customers do not get ripped off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which hotel bed spaces continue to remain sufficiently available throughout Dublin city and greater areas, with a view to ensuring tourists and those seeking hotel accommodation are not pressured into paying exorbitant prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Industry (22 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate and sufficiently trained personnel remain available to the hotel industry to ensure the sector is adequately catered for in terms of accommodation throughout the summer and winter months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9203/23]