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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: Has the college been given a certain length of time to comply?

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 want to return to the Department of Education and Skills. I hope what Professor McGonagle has said is delivered. My colleague, Deputy O'Donovan, has said that these institutions are getting €1.2 billion on an annual basis. If any of them do not deliver, where will this lead to?

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 people refuse to comply, will that ultimately lead to removal of finance, or people who are not doing their jobs having to stand down?

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 do not feel there is a sufficient strength in what Mr. Ó Foghlú is saying to ensure things will be done properly. If they are not, there will be-----

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 would like to put one more question to the Higher Education Authority. When its statement was being read out, it was clear that it has an oversight and regulatory role over a whole raft of institutions. It is probably not fair to generalise from one specific case; namely, the National College of Art and Design case. Does that put a question mark over whether the authority should continue...

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: That is to the credit of the individuals in 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: It seems to me, in light of the way things were organised, that there would have been absolute chaos if the other educational institutions had not been operating effectively and properly because the Higher Education Authority would not have been able to control the situation.

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: How long do we have to wait?

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: As a member of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, I acknowledge the work done by it on the report, for which I cannot claim any credit because I was not a member at the time it was working on it. However, I know that a great deal of work was put into it by its members. It is very important that this work was done. I also welcome publication of the climate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: The Chairman, Deputy Michael McCarthy, is briefly absent but will return presently to assume the Chair. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the general scheme of the planning and development (No. 1) Bill 2014 with representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government, Cork County Council, Dublin City Council, Leitrim County Council and the Local Authority Members' Association. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is that it from the Association of County and City Councils? Thank you very much. I call on the representative from Cork County Council to address the meeting. Can we limit the presentation to one speaker at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: You will do a presentation for all three counties. Is that correct?

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: After listening to Deputy Anne Ferris, I feel inadequate in terms of addressing this issue but there are certain things that I want to say. It is very important that this investigation takes place and I welcome the fact that this commission will be established. It will look at the underbelly of a very repressive society which existed in this country and which was not in keeping with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (28 Jan 2015)

Robert Dowds: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to increase the tax generated from stallion fees to support Irish horse racing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4001/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the currencies which the State's financial reserves, as managed by the National Treasury Management Agency, are denominated in; if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any positive or negative impact upon the State's financial situation. [4574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the currencies the gross debt of the State is denominated in; and if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any positive or negative impact upon the State's financial situation. [4576/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, the currencies the financial reserves of the Central Bank of Ireland are denominated in; and if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any impact upon the Central Bank of Ireland's financial reserves. [4575/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €0 and €10,036 of all persons who pay the charge. [4753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €10,036 and €20,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4754/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €20,001 and €30,000 of all persons who pay the charge. [4755/15]