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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 701. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding which has been made available in 2016, available for 2017 and proposed for 2018 in respect of a roads project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 702. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve parking at a train station (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 761. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the arrangements in relation to collecting money in respect of alleged overpayments to a person (details supplied) will be re-examined in view of the fact that a freedom of information request is currently in the system from the person concerned and that the matter will be dealt with by the person as urgently as possible once this information...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 781. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the provision of pensions for persons that are employed as supervisors on community employment schemes for an extended number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 835. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if construction work can be carried out in areas in which planning permission was granted that was subject to an environmental impact assessment in circumstances in which it is not in line with the planning permission granted; if the planning authority or An Bord Pleanála can grant permission for retention...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 836. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding available for a project (details supplied); the details of funding provided to end of 2016, available in 2017 and expected funds to be available in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33047/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: The committee is now in public session. We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness to the committee. He is accompanied by Mr. John Riordan, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputies Peter Burke and Alan Farrell. We note their apologies. The first item on the agenda are the minutes of the meetings of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is correspondence that we held over.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is not new correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: But had not paid in the earlier years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: The redress board.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: The finance board, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's point has been well made. Essentially, it boils down to the position being well known by all of the public bodies involved - the OPW, the Department of Education and Skills and Caranua. There was a lack of candour and being upfront. No-one told us straight up on the first day we asked the question. We should not have had to go to such an extent to extract the information that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have put our view on public record.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: They will refer us back to the legislation that was passed in 2012. It made provision that Caranua would pay for its-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. McCarthy might help us. We have a special report on financial reporting in the public sector, although it might not be relevant. It deals with accounts and the presentation of information. We could link it into our conclusions when we come that issue separately. However, the point is well made. We should not have to waste taxpayers' time, public service time and our time to extract...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: We regularly find that there is information in the heads of or available to witnesses which they do not impart in public session. As Chairman in the last year, I have come to that conclusion. I will not list the Departments I am sure about.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is a fundamental function of Accounting Officers who come before us to co-operate and report to the Committee of Public Accounts. They do not come here to dodge bullets; they come here to answer the questions.