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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Bradshaw for attending this afternoon's meeting. Is it correct that he was chairman of the board for ten years?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time did Mr. Bradshaw invest in the role during the period?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time did Mr. Bradshaw spend as chairman in the latter part of his tenure?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Did Mr. Bradshaw enjoy the work?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: How much time per month did Mr. Bradshaw spend with the chief executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish to focus on the subject of meetings. The particular sequence of meetings I wish to examine are the meetings of the board that began with the sub-committee board meeting on 5 October 2005, and the three subsequent full board meetings that took place on 3, 20 and 24 October. I will base my questions on the minutes that were supplied to us and to any reference made by the Comptroller...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Am I also correct that the meeting took place on 5 October 2005?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: What was the purpose of the meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I assure Mr. Bradshaw of our attention.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Could I interrupt Mr. Bradshaw for a moment? Is Paul Coulson the PC referred to in Next Steps 5.(c)?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: There is. We have an EC.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: We have a PM.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I assume that MM is Mary Moylan.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: When Mr. Bradshaw says Mr. Coulson rang him in the authority, could he just explain who he was please?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to check that the legal loophole to which Mr. Bradshaw is referring is the one he referenced in one of the latter points in his submission.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 421 of 28 May and 442 of 11 June 2013, the progress made to date on the specific targets that were published in the Government's Pathways to Work strategy (details supplied); if she will report on performance against these targets for quarter 1 and for quarter 2 of 2013; and if she cannot outline the...

Topical Issue Debate: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister stated: "or in the case of jobseeker's allowance, they have means in respect of the day's employment deducted from their weekly payment". This is the core of the issue I have raised. The magnitude of change for my constituent and many people like him across the country is a reduction of almost three quarters in their payment. Given the income for working three days a week in...

Topical Issue Debate: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for taking this matter. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, is in the Seanad dealing with a Bill on social protection. The issue I wish to raise is the effect on the disposable income of some individuals of the reclassification of Sunday in calculating jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance. A...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful prosecutions that have been made for the supply of illegally obtained cigarettes and tobacco; the average length of sentence or fine for any successful prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cigarettes a person may legally bring into this jurisdiction; if any consideration has been given to amend the limit on the amount that may be brought in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30843/13]