John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

3B is individual correspondence. 3B.1 is correspondence, dated 25 November, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, regarding issues at Cork Institute of Technology, to be noted and published. It is a letter which is basically a holding letter. I understand that matters are being dealt with and we will be updated on the position as soon as possible. I would flag for the Secretary General of the Department that it has gone on for a number of months and that we need to bring some clarification to the matter because serous concerns have been raised. 3B.2 is correspondence, dated 5 November 2014, received from Mr. Michael Keane, Milltown, County Galway, concerning complaints regarding St. Paul's Garda Medical Aid Society. We have further correspondence on that issue today which we will bring to the attention of An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality for a note on the matter. No. 3B.3 is correspondence received from Mr. Paddy Snowden regarding the claiming of expenses by judges, to be noted and forwarded to the Courts Services for a follow up. 3B.4 is correspondence received from Ms Audrey Naughton regarding the payment of local property tax on houses not covered by the county council, to be noted. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has already refused to deal with this issue. This individual is highlighting the issue of double charging. We will ask the Department of Finance for a note on liability to pay property tax on dwellings that also pay management charges. 3B.5 is correspondence, dated 11 November 2014, received from Mr. John Devitt, the CEO of Transparency International, regarding issues with the apparent leak of identity of a whisteblower, to be noted and published.