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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: Do members wish to hold a special meeting on the redress report on another day while we continue with other meetings?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: I notice in the schedule that there is a two-week gap between meetings over Easter. We will meet on 13 April and then 4 May. The Dáil will be off for that period, but there is nothing stopping us from having a Thursday meeting. The committee does not have to skip almost three weeks because of the Easter recess. We will certainly take Easter week or whatever it is. The dates in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: The meeting does not have to be on a Thursday if it is not a Dáil sitting week. I propose that we use one of those two weeks for a meeting, although obviously not Easter week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: The week of 27 April.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: We should schedule for-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: We could hold it on a Wednesday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: Holy Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Dáil is closed the week after Easter, not the week of Holy Thursday. We should definitely have a meeting the week after that, though.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: We can shove them back.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will make progress.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will be out today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: I do not want to reschedule the meetings that have been arranged with the universities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: They might move back a week or two.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: For next week, we will ask for-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: Direct provision,-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is not. It is on the list, but there is no date for it. We need a date for the direct provision chapter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: It was definitely mentioned.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: But we did not sign off on the work programme. The three issues are direct provision, Bord na gCon and the special report on the redress scheme. Is that the right title?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to provide at our meeting of Thursday week a revised work programme incorporating these three topics. Is that agreed? All three will be scheduled. If we must move the Revenue and Department of Finance meetings back a week or two, so be it. We will still get to them in the month of May. That is helpful. We will have a revised work schedule for our next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE's Patients' Private Property Accounts 2015
HSE Financial Statement 2015: Note 13 re Fair Deal Scheme
Health Repayments Scheme Donations Fund 2015 (9 Mar 2017)

Seán Fleming: Today we are dealing with No. 7 on the agenda, the HSE's patients' private property accounts 2015, the HSE financial statement 2015, note 13, specifically in regard to the fair deal scheme; and the health repayments scheme donations fund 2015. We are here to examine them. From the HSE, we are joined by Tony O'Brien, director general, Stephen Mulvany, Pat Healy, Mairead Dolan, Michael...