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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice his Department will provide to the parents of a person (details required) in County Wicklow who has not been able to secure a place on the Leaving Certificate Applied programme in their locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8959/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (25 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the provisions of the Control of Dogs Act 1986 overrides the necessity to publicly tender the dog control service contract in County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (25 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 566. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will open recruitment for the Defence Forces; the recruitment process which applicants would need to undertake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for funding for a multi-sensory room (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9961/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (26 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 227. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to include irritable bowel syndrome on the long-term illness scheme due to the significant medical costs to those who have this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9807/14]

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013. I commend the Minister and the Government for continuing on the road to reforming the health service by disestablishing the HSE Vote and bringing it back within the Department of Health. The removal of political responsibility for the health service was one of the biggest mistakes to be made in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a query (details supplied) regarding variable mortgages and the frustration of some variable mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application to participate in the afforestation scheme in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9991/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I thank Ms Kerins and her team, as well as the various officials, for being here. I am a little confused about the paper trail with the charities lotteries fund. We know the internal audit was carried out in June 2012. Did Mr. Purcell and the Department then send the internal audit to Ms Kerins or to Rehab?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: The committee has a letter sent to it by the Department from Ms Kerins to Mr. Walter Johnston, head of internal audit, on 23 August. Was that Rehab’s response upon receipt of the audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: The audit was completed in June and Rehab responded on 23 August. I am a little confused because the committee wrote to Mr. Purcell on 24 January 2014 requesting information on the funding stream from the Department to Rehab, as we had written to SOLAS and the Health Service Executive. We received a letter from Mr. Purcell on 30 January 2014 in which it stated: In respect of the audit...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Is it a fair assertion that Rehab never dealt with the recommendations, or is it the case that it wrote to the Department requesting a meeting? What is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I have read the audit report. However, I am somewhat confused about the paper trail.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I really do not want to revisit that issue because that is a row for another day. I am wondering why Mr. Purcell wrote to the committee telling us the audit could not be concluded because Rehab did not respond to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I want it to be noted, Chairman, that I made comments at previous committee meetings, as did other members, on the basis that I had been given the clear impression from the correspondence I had received from Mr. Purcell that he was not able to complete the audit process because the implication was that Rehab was not responding to recommendations. An earlier letter states Rehab wants to help...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: In the view of the Department, the four recommendations in the report ceased to be relevant because a decision had been taken to wind down the scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: The Department then took a policy decision to wind down the scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Shall I continue while Mr. Purcell is doing that?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: In her presentation, Ms Kerins made much of the good work done by Rehab and the National Learning Network, as did Ms Kelly and Ms Keane. Let us take that as read. We have all seen it and I have certainly seen it in my constituency. We have met with service users so let us decouple that issue as we have had to decouple the issue when St. Vincent's hospital and other organisations have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I note Mr. Brian Kerr's statement in respect of senior managers. He has said that he would publish the salaries by 2015, which would mean the public could see them by 2016. Ms Kerins has indicated today that she would like that to happen this year. Can she outline how many senior managers we are talking about? Who falls into this bracket of senior manager?