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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: There is a qualification in mediation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: They are not all qualified mediators.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: How many mediators does the State Claims Agency have? Does it have a panel? Will Mr. Breen explain the process? How does one become a mediator? Is the position advertised?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I have two very small questions. If Mr. Breen does not know the answer off the top of his head, he can come back with a note. It is an unusual question. A number of years ago, a number of raised bogs in natural heritage areas were designated. As a result, people could not cut turf and lost turf-cutting rights. They asked the State to buy them out. Some people did not get through that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: This is the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: What types of claims does the State Claims Agency handle? The cases I mentioned would involve compensation claims against the State.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thought the State Claims Agency would handle those. What does the State Claims Agency handle then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thought the State Claims Agency did everything.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: If somebody falls on a State property or State land.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Breen mentioned bullying. That means there is injury-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is how bullying cases get to the State Claims Agency.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: In a case like the one I mentioned, a person would have to sue the Minister directly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Kelly mentioned Carillion. We have reported here regularly on the total number of PPPs and the commitments under all of them. Some of the projects are under construction and some are well into operation. With regard to the key companies involved, is there an overexposure to any one organisation? Maybe nobody thought of doing the sums. If somebody has too much on hand, maybe the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will raise the matter with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform again in the autumn to make sure somebody works on it. We do not want the ripple effect. I have given an example. Mr. O'Kelly understands the issue as much as I do. I thank the witnesses for their time. It has been a long day. The NTMA is a very important organisation which is why we wanted to go through all...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the 2000 and 2015 White Papers on defence; when the balance of the recommendations will be implemented in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36372/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Communications (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the positions in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890 telephone numbers for members of the public to contact his Department or organisations under its aegis; the number of these that are completely free to call for persons who use mobile telephones and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Museums (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 1 May 2018, when the matter being investigated will be completed; the up to date information in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36472/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in his Department and the organisations under its aegis that have arrangements in place for lo-call numbers or 1800, 1850 and 1890 phone numbers for members of the public to contact his Department or organisations under its aegis; the number of these that are completely free to call to persons who use mobile phones and may...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place for the Revenue Commissioners to collect from self-employed persons combined income tax, USC and PRSI liability through the Revenue Commsioner's self-assessment system in respect of the year in which a self-employed person reaches 66 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (7 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance the situation in which the Revenue Commissioners collect the combined income tax, USC and PRSI liability in respect of all tax years up to and including when a self-employed person reaches 65 years of age; the number of persons this relates to; the arrangements the Revenue Commissioners have to collect the 66th year payment; the number of persons this...