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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (4 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal at the end of December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50684/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Opening Hours (4 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 472 of 7 September 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50691/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (4 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in maternity hospitals nationally and in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, respectively, in each of the years from 2000 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50685/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50690/18]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as the permanent witness to the committee. He is joined by Ms Josephine Mooney, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Kate O'Connell. The minutes of previous meetings are being held over and will be cleared next week. There are three categories of correspondence, the first of which is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, it accepted-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: The last paragraph states that the Department accepts the recommendation and it highlights the particular problem which I just explained. The Department continues by stating that it is expected that by the end of 2018 sufficient progress will have been made to integrate the recording systems and provide an inspection status on all active HAP tenancies on an ongoing basis. We will write to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Department has said it is working on it, so we will follow up on that. I thank the members. We are getting there. Next are the recommendations in respect of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. There were several recommendations in respect of the Galway art house cinema. The Department has accepted all of them, that is, recommendations B23, B24 and B25, and stated...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: It has been accepted that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will read the sentence. It states that while the fiscal rules will continue to be based on GDP, the European Commission also acknowledged in its assessment of Ireland's 2018 stability programme that GNI* reflects more accurately the income-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----standards of Irish residents and the public debt sustainability. It continues by stating that it also needs to be assessed against complementary indicators such as debt to GNI*. It is accepting everything that has been said, but the rules are the rules, and they are European rules. The GNI* measure is taken into account when the stability report for Ireland is being issued but the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Far more importantly, our contribution to the EU is based on GDP and not GNI*. This is costing Ireland, therefore, several hundred million euro each year that our GNI*-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: But not GNI*?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That means our contribution is not actually based on what is more appropriate to Ireland. It is based on the EU-wide standard, which in reality means Ireland is paying a higher contribution to the EU each year because that contribution is based on the European legal definition rather than our domestic GNI* measure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is an outcome and a consequence of this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: At the same time, it is costing Irish taxpayers money, in extra contributions each year, based on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.