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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Whose fault was this? Was this the fault of Abtran or the City of Dublin Education and Training Board?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is SUSI satisfied it took the best service provider in Abtran?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: The best we can say is that it is working much better now. I am sure Deputy Áine Collins and others are very glad it is.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Does this relate to Abtran receiving payments of €5.9 million for the services provided to March 2013, which was over three times what was originally budgeted, an amount of €1.8 million? That is a huge difference.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I have a question for Mr. Ó Foghlú and he may reply to both aspects. Did the Department of Education and Skills use the correct front-line organisation to take charge of this, given the problems with estimates and costs and so on. How did it decide on the City of Dublin Education and Training Board?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: My final general point is that Abtran as a service provider is obviously very successful at procuring. From my investigations, as well as providing outsourced services to SUSI, it seems to provide such services for eFlow, Irish Water, the Revenue Commissioners, the ESB, Electric Ireland, the National Transport Authority and the Road Safety Authority. It is an unlimited company and its...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: It does not publish accounts, as far as I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I will leave at that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú for that. I offer my apologies as I will have to leave as I am supposed to be speaking at this time in the Chamber.

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: In supporting this Bill, I wish first to praise my former party leader, Deputy Eamon Gilmore. We would not be where we are today but for his insistence that there be a referendum on marriage equality. I imagine that when he insisted on this, many people felt that there was no guarantee that it would go through. It is a sign of his far-sightedness that the threshold could be crossed. As...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: 864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal standing of the closed circuit television footage which is due to commence at the accident blackspot at the red line Luas in Dublin 7. [22970/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank all our visitors for turning up. I apologise for having to be out of the room for some time because of some of the demands of this place. I strongly agree with the comments that have been made about the register of voters. I agree with the witnesses and the speakers on this side who have said there are very serious problems in that regard. This issue alone presents a very good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I hope Professor Marsh is not proposing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Dr. MacCárthaigh has never voted five times in a single election, as one person told me he had done in Belfast.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: I never realised Deputy Nolan was so influenced by his spell in Germany until I heard him speak today and earlier in the week. He wants to put order on everything. In the case of the housing situation, he is absolutely correct. In welcoming this Bill I see it as an essential part of a major job that must be done. There are some important steps in that job. In respect of Part V provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: 243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Health Service Executive will supply bathroom adaptations for persons with a disability living in council-owned accommodation. [24337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Health Service Executive Cherry Orchard facility, Dublin 10, will supply bathroom adaptations for persons with disabilities living in council-owned accommodation; his views on best practice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Health Service Executive will install a walk-in-shower in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [24339/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Chairman can I ask for an update on the question I asked on the position of Mr. Matt Merrigan and Mr. Jack Kelly appearing before the committee again? I believe the clerk may have something to add to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jun 2015)

Robert Dowds: Thank you.