John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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No. 3B.11, correspondence, dated 31 July 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding OPEN Education, is to be noted and a copy to be forwarded to M. Frehill.

No. 3B.12, correspondence, dated 29 July 2014, from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht relating to Foynes Aviation and Maritime Museum 2011 and 2012 accounts, is to be noted.

No. 3B.13, correspondence, dated 1 August 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding correspondence from Mr Michael Barrett, Lakeside Marina, Athlone, is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Barrett.

No. 3B.14, correspondence, dated 10 August 2014, from Mr. Mark Darley relating to further correspondence in respect of the closure of the pension scheme for staff, is to be noted. This issue relates to the closure of the pension fund. The Department has written to us to say it cannot provide funds for this scheme. We will refer it back to the Department for a note on the attempts that were made to save this scheme and get whatever further information we can.

No. 3B.15, correspondence, dated 12 August 2014, from the Office of the Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, regarding wards of court, is to be noted and a copy to be forwarded to Mrs. Mary Farrell.

We will deal with this issue when the Courts Service is before us in November.

Correspondence dated 23 July 2014 from Mr. Rory O'Shea regarding medical card reviews is to be noted. The core issue here relates to the medical card assessment and whether nursing home costs should be taken into account. Some of the issues raised by Mr. O'Shea have already been dealt with by the HSE in respect of medical cards and these issues will be covered in the forthcoming report. We will forward it to the HSE for a note on the issues which have been raised.

Correspondence from the Department of Social Protection regarding rent supplement is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Bernard O'Donovan. Correspondence dated 26 August 2014 received from Professor Niamh Brennan regarding an examination of Special Report 77 from the Comptroller and Auditor General is to be noted and published.