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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: Are the safety critical medicals undertaken by occupational health professionals or providers, for example, doctors and nurses, and relevant experts?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: So Uisce Éireann has a process in place to provide the safety critical medicals to employees in safety critical roles.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I am reassured to some degree by that. We will have to double-check in relation to the person who brought that to our attention. It is important to reference that, during 2022, there were very severe water outages, which have been going on for a number of years, especially around the Whitegate area. What happened recently in east Cork is an indication of the water quality problems we...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: When did the appeal go into An Bord Pleanála?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: Could Mr. Laffey send me a note on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: It would be good to see that, if Mr. Laffey can.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: It has been 18 weeks. I would appreciate it if that could be expedited. I understand there is a process that has to happen but, obviously, that is frustrating and disappointing. On the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, this week of all weeks is not the time to be criticising the local authority in my area but something I would ask that needs to happen as a matter of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: On this occasion, Met Éireann got it very wrong. We got an orange weather warning.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I understand what a red weather warning does but the situation did merit it.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: Did it merit the situation? Did it merit it? It is a miracle nobody is dead.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide details of the current allocation for flood defence schemes for 2023 and 2024; if he is considering an emergency increase due to recent devastating floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of TAMS grants that remain outstanding; to outline the timeline for these to be looked at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47036/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I support Deputy Stanton. We have worked in tandem on having a one-stop shop service to help households and businesses that have been flooded. We need the Department of Social Protection to work with the local authorities and other State agencies, which will be needed to get houses back up and running. I thank the emergency services, volunteers and community around east Cork. What they...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I join my constituency colleague, Deputy Stanton, and my neighbour, Deputy O’Sullivan, in their words on the devastation in east Cork and the Minister of State’s area of west Waterford. It caused hundreds of millions worth of damage. We have a hospital and a Garda station destroyed. Hundreds of homes are flooded. Midleton Main Street is devastated. In Mogeely, Killeagh, my...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of licence fees paid to date in 2023; how does that compare year on year with 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the number of sport capital and equipment grant applications per county, in tabular form, spitting them into capital and equipment applications; if she will outline the applications per sport (i.e., GAA/soccer/rugby etc.); when she forecasts that her Department will have these assessed by; if there will be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 30 March 2023, if he will provide an update on the position regarding Ireland's application to join the CERN programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in fast-tracking SOLAS apprentice applications to shorten the backlog of apprentices in college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timeline for the publication of the school transport review; if a new system will be implemented by her Department ahead of the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools (details supplied) will be opened upon building works being completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45097/23]