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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is an ISM officer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Why not at the weekend?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Thank you, Mr. Waters. You are going to send us a note on the PACE programme directly from the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Work is under way in Portrane. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that a HSE facility?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that service going to migrate from the Prison Service to the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: People are being sent there by the courts. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Department does not yet have any agreement with the HSE. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The facility will continue in Portrane. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I had mistakenly believed it was for the Prison Service. I know that the facility in Dundrum is run by the HSE as we speak. However, the Department seems to know something about it. There are people in the facility who were committed by the courts. Are there also people in there who came from prison?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 21 – Prisons
Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts Special Report No. 93: Annualised Hours of the Prison Service (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is good to clarify that. We have now completed our examination and there are no further questions arising. I thank everyone for their co-operation. Is it agreed to dispose of Vote 21 - Prisons? Agreed. Is it agreed to dispose of the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report No. 93 on annualised hours in the prison service? Agreed. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 25 biosimilar medicines approved for use by the European Medicines Agency that are currently marketed and in use here; if he is satisfied with the level of availability and usage of biosimilars here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the uptake and usage of biosimilar medicines in health care relative to European usage rates; the specific measures he has taken to encourage their increased usage here; his plans to introduce proactive measures to increase the prescribing rates for biosimilars; the level of savings being realised per annum from the usage of same;...

Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency: Statements (1 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to contribute to this debate. I am Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts and, therefore, have a particular point of view. I am expressing that view in a personal capacity and not on behalf of the committee. I acknowledge there was agreement in principle last autumn to establish a commission of investigation. Since then, however, the Committee of Public Accounts has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 63. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 308% increase in the numbers on trolleys in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Private Security Appeals Board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Exchequer ultimately covers the cost of potential defaults under the new agri-loan credit fund for unsecured loans to be provided via a company (details supplied); if any calculations have been carried out by the Government and the company to estimate the default costs it may give rise to; and if he will make a statement on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness. He is accompanied by Mr. Malachy Quinn, senior auditor. Apologies have been received from Deputies Josepha Madigan and Catherine Murphy. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 19 January. Are they agreed to? Agreed. The next item is correspondence...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is the industry the source of its funds?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: I refer to a paragraph in the letter from Monaghan County Council. This is correspondence received from Monaghan County Council requesting the committee to fully investigate EirGrid’s financial expenditure in the past ten years, the misuse of electricity consumers' money expended on lavish public relations campaigns, sponsorship and the failed North-South interconnector application of...