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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the growth and maintenance of hedgerows on farms will be considered for inclusion under the GLAS scheme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the closing date of the REFIT 3 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29547/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister and Department for giving of their time today. I will be very brief and focus on one issue, the discount rate of 5.5%. This committee will have to assess whether there was a loss to the State. This is arguably the main issue that will decide that. If one uses a rate of 5.5%, the implication is that there is a loss of over €190 million. If it is 10%, it...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: On what basis then did the Department disagree with the discount rate?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: The main focus was how long the Department thought it had left to work them out.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: Was that the subject of a detailed discussion with the Comptroller and Auditor General at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I have a final question. Am I wrong in saying that the Department's view, in terms of this report, is that the discount rate of 5.5% was too ambitious?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff Recruitment (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath, considering the huge delays and backlog associated with the vacant position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons outside of the State who were awarded the centenarian's bounty over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the citizen to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (5 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services; if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the HSE in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services arising from the transfer of oncology...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons awarded the centenarian bounty over the past five years, broken down by those who are resident abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28155/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the person to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment here on 31 December 2015 or on a single specific date in 2016; the numbers of these dialysis patients who were receiving home haemodialysis as outpatients, receiving in-centre haemodialysis, receiving peritoneal dialysis as outpatients, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a unit of blood administered in a public hospital here; the cost to the State of all blood administered in hospitals in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of all blood administered to patients during surgical procedures in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28206/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Peter Burke: May I ask Mr. McCarthy to give a brief overview of the skillset of the personnel who are involved in this inquiry? Will he give us an idea of what private sector experience his staff have? The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned that the staff have been working on NAMA for a significant period and that they have significant audit experience. What other experience have they?