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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The agency has succeeded in reducing the cost by one half.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: In the case of the remaining 86% of claims deemed eligible by Judge Mahon, no invoice has yet been submitted to the Department. Is there any indication of the cost associated with that portion of claims?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The claims in question cover the period from 2003 to 2008. When did Judge Mahon make the ruling on eligibility?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Was that in 2011?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Why are claimants failing to submit invoices? This is an issue that keeps coming up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Absolutely, because we are referring to work that was done between 2003 and 2008. It is quite conceivable that an invoice exists for work that was done in 2003 and the bill has not come in for that yet. That is a decade ago. When that bill comes in-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a long time, but I realise it is outside Ms Tallon's control. The Department must pay the money, but it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Sure, particularly in light of the evident success the State Claims Agency has in terms of dealing with the bill and adjudicating on the costs. Somebody somewhere in the Department must inevitably think the cost could be X and because that could be the cost, that money cannot be spent on something else or used to reduce our deficit. This slows everything down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Is this one of the known unknowns?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: This is a known unknown in that we know it exists, but we do not know how much is involved. Until the invoices come in, the State cannot make progress in determining the value of the figure and paying it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not being critical of the Department in this regard. Obviously, it takes the same view as I do on the issue. My point is that it is better for everybody if we can move from a contingent liability to an actual liability. Therefore, the Department needs those invoices to come in, now that the ruling has been made that will allow that. On an unrelated matter, I would like to comment on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I recognise that it is definitely under way.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not gained access to the supplementary teachers panel in view of the fact that they have worked 191 days since becoming qualified on 1 October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31829/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants to Student Universal Support Ireland seeking grant support who failed to complete the previous academic year; if SUSI monitors the attendance of students in receipt of support grants regarding lectures throughout the academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: July Education Programme (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the July provision hours have been halved this year in respect of persons (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32056/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons that have been accepted for the Health Service Executive's incentivised career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons within the Health Service Executive that have applied for the incentivised career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31485/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: This is the 78th meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. The first item on our agenda is a discussion on the subject of democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU with Dr. Sonia Piedrafita, a research fellow with the Centre of European Policy Studies, CEPS, in Brussels. Our guest has travelled from Brussels to be with us and we thank her for attending. The CEPS...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CEPS (2 Jul 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy. I am sure our guest will understand that many of our colleagues are either on other committees or may be called to the Dáil or the Seanad to speak on or attend in respect of a Bill. If colleagues leave, it will be no reflection on Dr. Piedrafita. They just have other duties.