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Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is that in the Government Procurement Office's framework?

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: Let me outline my worry as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. In the past year, we have had an example of a State body costing the taxpayer €700,000 because of a prepayment and the relevant company going bust. Today, the Comptroller and Auditor General tells us that, at the end of the financial year, €11 million in prepayments to the private sector were in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: To return to Government procurement, I have listened to all the comments on procurement and the breaking of contracts but there is still a big risk that does not seem to have been registered in the Office of Government Procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: I refer to guidelines on the risk. Mr. Deane said there might be a benefit, which I understand, but there is an associated risk. I see nothing coming from the office in regard to how it could be managed. I ask Mr. Deane to send us something and talk to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We will write to the Department and the Office of Government Procurement.

Public Accounts Committee: Garda Internal Audit Report on ICT Directorate Payments Process (31 May 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is too vague for me. As Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, I believe the situation is not adequately in hand. I am looking to Mr. Deane and to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to address this. There has been a loss to the taxpayer. Not only was there a loss but Mr. Deane is actually telling us there is no great system even to learn from that loss. The lessons...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason all persons with a registered disability who have mobility issues are not classified equally when it comes to eligibility for reductions in taxation in respect of their purchase of vehicles which are required for their transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance when measures will be commenced involving a reduction in stamp duty to 1% in respect of the purchase of agricultural land which is purchased for farm consolidation purposes; the relevant dates for these transactions to have taken place to be eligible for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are provisions or exemptions whereby persons that had a share in a house previously and have since been divorced and are now seeking to buy a first-time house on their own can be included in the help-to-buy scheme; if these criteria are consistent with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the capitation payments for primary schools in view of the discrepancy between the payments at primary and secondary level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Assistance (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a HEAR application will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for a student (details supplied) who studies abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to carry out renovations at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding completion of a site acquisition and the process for commencing the pre-qualification process in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of stolen firearms that were used in crimes in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that new medicines are available to persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Regulation (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 675. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the prescribing of sodium valproate to treat epileptic disease and seizures in respect of women who are pregnant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help and other support in the home available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants in the community in an area (details supplied); the number of vacancies for these positions in the area; the number of unfilled posts for these positions in the area; the position regarding the national rolling recruitment campaign in respect of these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses working in the community with the elderly in an area (details supplied); the number of vacancies for such posts; the number of unfilled positions; if the national rolling recruitment campaign is being availed of in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24646/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (12 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: 685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community registered general nurses working in the community (details supplied); the number of vacancies for such posts; the number of unfilled positions; if the national rolling recruitment campaign is being availed of in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24665/18]