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Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: No, but many of the wastewater programmes are PPP projects. I can give Ms McLaughlin the list on the next page of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I am asking about the outstanding commitments under these contracts. The Comptroller and Auditor General has included in the report a figure of €4.029 billion for outstanding commitments under PPP contracts at the end of September 2011, but he qualifies it by saying the outstanding commitments to be met by local authorities are not included. Can anyone tell me what the figure of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I ask Ms McLaughlin, through her Department, to obtain it from whoever has it rather than having us try to track it down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: It appears to be a specific lacuna in the information provided in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Ms McLaughlin's Department should not be happy that there is such a lacuna. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government estimates the PPP design-build-operate plants in question represent average savings in the range of 10% to 20% for capital project costs...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome Mr. Murphy and his colleagues. I will begin with some broad-ranging questions. What is the role of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the NDFA? Its annual accounts are sent to the Minister for Finance and part of the NTMA which falls within that Minister's remit. Some of the notes suggest the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: What proportion of projects in which the Department is involved is carried out by way of PPPs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Murphy does not know; he does not have an exact figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I acknowledge it depends on the market. Mr. Murphy has said that currently three quarters of the agency's projects are not public private partnership projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Does the committee keep a record of the letters it sends? Do we keep track of the replies we receive? In the context of correspondence with the HSE, we have received a couple of letters in which the term "information to follow" was used. One such letter was received in recent weeks. Would it be worthwhile compiling a list of the correspondence to which we did not receive replies?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Calafoirt agus Céanna (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige airgead a chur ar fáil in 2013 agus 2014 do chalafort domhain-uisce i Ros an Mhíl; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [55984/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will give consideration to reforming the current maternity leave system in order that fathers could take some of the leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56168/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will get a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56070/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battlegroups (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding Ireland’s future participation in Battlegroup missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54783/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55715/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level grant will be granted to a person (details supplied) in respect of their application to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55790/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing family income supplement applications in relation to claims that were lodged up to the end of October 2012 and the situation regarding processing claims lodged since that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55730/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Waste Disposal (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health the total tonnage of medicines collected under the medicines DUMP scheme since its inception to date; the estimated monetary value of all the medicines collected under the scheme; the monetary amount spent by the Health Service Executive on administering and promoting the DUMP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55732/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a third level Student Universal Support Ireland grant wil be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55109/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when the findings of a report (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55604/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1678 of 18 September 2012, when a full response will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55605/12]