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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (21 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: 440. To ask the Minister for Health if certain expenses such as travel costs and medical staff care expenses can be given to medical card holders that are resident in nursing homes, in situations in which persons must attend doctor's appointments and require HSE staff to accompany them in a taxi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (21 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: 441. To ask the Minister for Health if certain issues (details supplied) are being considered in the fair deal scheme review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Is the new computer system for GLAS up and running?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Is it fully operational?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: I read before Christmas that only 52% of the budget was paid to farmers for the rural development programme. Are we ahead of that now or what is the position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: With respect, I am not asking about the EU. I am asking about the situation in this country.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank Mr. O'Driscoll. In terms of GLAS, when will outstanding payments to farmers be resolved? Do we have a target in terms of a date when we expect the majority to be paid?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Do we have the systems in place now to identify that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: In relation to the payroll overpayments that were mentioned in the report, do we have confidence in the new payroll system that is being implemented throughout the public service? I note there have been 345 cases of overpayments. Less than one third have recovery plans in place. Are we confident that we are on top of the situation at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank Mr. O'Driscoll. It is very important that is resolved. I wish to focus in the remainder of my time on Bord na gCon, the Irish Greyhound Board. The Department currently gives it approximately €260,000 a week, which is a huge amount. Does Mr. O'Driscoll have confidence in the management, structure and governance of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: To be fair, I asked Mr. O'Driscoll a direct question. I understand the commercial side of the organisation and its relationship with the Department. As head of the Department, does Mr. O'Driscoll have confidence in the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. O'Driscoll also have confidence in the board's governance, practices and procedures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Is Mr. O'Driscoll aware that Bord na gCon's latest annual report and accounts on its website are for 2014, two and a quarter years on, yet he is saying he has confidence in the organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: I think they appeared on the website for a short period but were taken down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Why was that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Is Mr. O'Driscoll aware of any issues regarding the accounts as to why they were taken down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. O'Driscoll think it acceptable for a body which is getting more than a quarter of a million euro a week, in which he has expressed confidence, not to have its annual report or accounts on its website more than two years after the due date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Does Mr. O'Driscoll think that is good enough?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: Has Mr. O'Driscoll asked any questions about why that has happened, in the interests of transparency and for everybody in the industry?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Peter Burke: One should bear in mind that we have increased the funding from 2014 to 2015 by approximately 25%. On the face of it, the governance procedures do not look very transparent. I will draw Mr. O'Driscoll's attention to the salary increases in the organisation. The amount of administration expenditure through salaries is incredible when one looks at the average employees in the accounts. One...