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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding jobseeker's allowance entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2610/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the bankruptcy arrangements put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) who previously owed €1.2 billion to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, and therefore to the taxpayer and will now pay a total of €10,000 per year for two years before being absolved of all debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Regulations (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that persons are subject to sufficient rigour within the jurisdiction in relation to bankruptcy arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2614/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I want to make two points, the first of which is on Part V. I noted that the speaker from the Construction Industry Federation regarded the provisions in Part V as unreasonable. I draw the federation's attention to a practice that has occurred in the past. When the wealthiest areas of Dublin - Dalkey and Ballsbridge being two good examples - were built, houses were built for the wealthy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: That was actually better.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 72. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied); and the reason there has been an unacceptable delay in the processing of this application. [2348/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options for lone parents if they have more than one child and want to avail of a community employment scheme. [2930/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community employment schemes could interview the persons who are applying for the schemes involved with the caring of persons to ensure they have the suitable qualities for this type of role. [2931/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (21 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if community employment supervisors could sit on the interview panel and meet the persons prior to their engagement in CE schemes. [2932/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank the Chairman. I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. I am gobsmacked by all of this. It is probably one of the most scandalous situations with which the committee has been presented. As individual Deputies we are subject to audit. I was chosen for audit last year and had to demonstrate to the auditors that I had spent my money correctly. If my constituents...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If I may, I will put a question to the staff from the NCAD. In terms of day-to-day spending, I do not understand how it would have operated. How was money divided up and did the representatives have any sense of whether it was spent appropriately or whether there were areas that were totally neglected?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: What if materials were required for an area of study but there was no money to cover it? Such a situation would have arisen due to a lack of control over finances at the college.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If the college ran out of money could it approach the HEA for a top-up?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: If the college can do that then it should be able to produce accounts in a reasonable time. I do not understand why it cannot do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: I am at a loss as to why the college has been able to provide for the financial needs of the college but unable to provide accounts at a reasonable speed. I would like the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to comment on the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: My next questions are for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Education and Skills. It has been said that a new set of procedures will have to be followed. What will happen if they are not followed? Will non-compliance affect funding? Will it affect students? Will members of staff hold on to their positions even though they have not done their job...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Can the Secretary General name the institutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: What will happen if they do not?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Such as?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Like everyone here, I am interested in ensuring that all these institutions work well and work in the interest of students in the case of the NCAD. If the Department fails to get compliance what happens in terms of sanction? Is the situation ignored?