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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. de Búrca. I want to return to the passport service and, more specifically, the visa service. Immigrants in Ireland who apply for re-entry and renewal are being blocked from making appointments with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service by Internet bots or opportunists. I believe this matter was raised in 2018. I have had representations since Christmas that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will turn to the International Fund for Ireland, IFI. Perhaps it is not for me to call it "significant", but there was an underspend in recent years. The Estimate grant provision to the IFI was €2.6 million but only €200,000 was expended in 2019. Can the witnesses speak to that and elaborate on why that might be the case? For people who do not know what we are talking...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: May I delve into that a little? Does the governance structure mean that the €2.6 million cannot be accessed unless it has a partner fund from an outside source?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I understand the joint initiative as a value and a goal in terms of the organisation. It seems extraordinary to have €2 million or so sitting in a bank account every year waiting and not being utilised, however. Having lived in Belfast for five years, I must say, when one is dealing with things like the peace walls, we have never needed it more and there is a lot one could do with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8 - Control of Humanitarian Assistance Funding
2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: What were the challenges to finding those partner funds?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Go raibh míle maith agaibh, Dr. Roantree and Dr. Kakoulidou. I will open the floor to members now. I am first on the list of contributors, so I will begin. I will address Dr. Roantree and Dr. Kakoulidou first. I will start with the news of the day in respect of the announcement that Irish growth is forecast to be 11% for the year, despite the unemployment rate remaining at 16%. We...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is not a problem. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Dochtúir Collins. Glaoim anois ar an Teachta Durkan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chairman. I wanted to start with Mr. Tyndall anyway, if that is okay. I have two questions for Mr. Tyndall. I am very aware the discussion today centred around people who have engaged with the fair deal scheme. We do not have a sense, however, of the other people involved here. In the writing and compilation of this report the Ombudsman, Mr. Tyndall, probably has sense of who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Younger People in Nursing Homes: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Tyndall. It is worth reiterating that we will be living with these congregated settings for some time to come. According to the figures I have, if we are going to be dealing with 18 people each year, then it will be 74 years before we have everybody moved out of congregated settings. That estimate does not include any increase in demographics, which I presume will occur. My...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the audits that are conducted by the State to ensure that separated waste intended to be recycled from domestic customers of waste disposal companies is recycled and not disposed of in landfill or other ways in this country or after export; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the current definition of a sporting event in the Covid-19 legislation precludes persons from organising a competitive sporting event that is not affiliated with a national governing body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to help promote the availability of easy to read and accessible menus in restaurants for persons with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 278. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain remote consultation for early abortion care as an option within the model of care for termination of pregnancy beyond the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I agree with what Deputy Murphy has just said and I wish to continue on that point. We wrote to An Bord Pleanála and asked for a great deal of information. We were looking for some insight on why the level of increase in legal fees had happened and on the decisions around those costs. Reading that document has not greatly illuminated a significant amount for me. By far the largest...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I would also like to speak in favour of the motion. We have, by consensus, agreed to support it at the budgetary oversight committee. The past year has been very difficult for banking in the State. We have seen KBC and Ulster Bank retreat from the Irish market. In the past we have looked at public banking in the State, when we had a much more active pillar bank sector. Considering the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I second the proposal.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: For clarity, at the beginning of the meeting we spoke about Údarás na Gaeltachta. I want clarity on what we decided to do there. I am not entirely sure that we agreed an action on its capital spend going from €1.2 million to €2.3 million. Its report is not particularly illuminating about what it will do around that, or what actions it has put in place. Can we ask...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry, €3.5 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In the report it says that it has put strategies in place and it names a couple, but it does not actually give any information about what it has put in place. It is quite a considerable overspend. Could we write to it to ask for a little bit more detail on what exactly it has done to ensure there is not another overspend like that, or what were the specific requirements of the building...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (22 Jun 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to Irish citizens involved in legal battles regarding the lease back scheme which saw many Irish citizens purchase holiday homes in France; if he has engaged with those involved in legal battles following issues with this scheme; if he has engaged with the French authorities regarding this; and if he...