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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 353. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times under the reimbursement scheme for FreeStyle Libre for type 1 diabetic children in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 May 2018)

David Cullinane: 517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline his plans to designate Northern Ireland as a country of birth on driver licences for persons born in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry and Tyrone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23223/18]

UK Withdrawal from the European Union: Statements (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: There is nothing new of substance in the Tánaiste's speech, which is disappointing. Obviously we all await the June summit and we want to see exactly what this real and substantial progress, which has been talked up and talked about for so long, would be. The Tánaiste knows that I and my party have supported the Government's approach and the European Union's approach to getting...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: At the outset, my party welcomes the fact that at long last, moves are being made to address this issue. Accompanying the Minister of State today I can see some of the officials who I met several years ago to discuss this matter. One of the questions we were examining at the time was exactly how much it would cost to unravel all of this and deal with the issue of new entrants post 2011....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Will Mr. O'Connor tell us how many people have retired from CIT in the past five or six years?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Over five years, the number would be around 100.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Would many of them have had retirement parties?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: What is the average spend on a retirement party? Would the institute have paid for each party?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Would it have paid for any of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Did it pay for any of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did it pay for that person's party? Why was the person so special that €13,000 had to be spent? If 100 people have retired from the organisation, why was one person singled out in paying the cost of a retirement party of €13,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: I am not asking about the standard. Facts are facts. A total of 100 people left the organisation. If there were retirement parties, 99 paid for their own retirement gig. A collection might have been made by staff members, as happens in any organisation, and there might have been a token gesture. However, of all those who retired, one person was singled out in holding a reception that cost...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Why was it a good use of taxpayers' money in doing it for one person?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Mr. Gallagher was there at the time, was he not?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That is an understatement. We can accept that. I am accepting that Dr. Love has examined the matter and produced a report. I accept fully that he should be given time to bring it to the board which will make a decision on what will happen then. Dr. Love has said €13,000 was spent, of which the HEA felt about €6,000 was outside the rules. Without pre-empting what the board...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It would have no consequence whatsoever for the institute, given its budget. The bottom line is that the taxpayer paid for this €13,000 event, €6,000 of which was outside the rules. It does not matter. The money can be moved around from the HEA to an institute or a university, but the fact remains that €6,000 was spent in an inappropriate way. Is there any avenue open...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: But not from the institute. Is there any way to ensure neither the taxpayer nor any public body will be liable for the €6,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: That is my point. At the end of the day, it does not matter whether the HEA or the institute pays for it; a public body is still going to foot the bill, irrespective of what the board does. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: Dr. Love is missing my point entirely. I think he understands what I am saying. It does not matter whether the HEA or the university pay for it. If a public body pays for it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: It really is no sanction whatsoever. That is part of the problem in dealing with all of these issues. It might seem a little frivolous because in this case the amount is only €13,000. A report was produced and an examination carried out. It was found that €6,000 was outside the spending guidelines, but the taxpayer has to foot the bill anyway. There is no sanction for...