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Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: Mazars will be carrying out a similar audit for 2012 and early into next year as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: It carried out the audit for 2010 and 2011.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: What arrangements does the Houses of the Oireachtas Service intend to put in place for auditing these allowances for the current year?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: It is open for tender at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: That will happen and so it may be that company or some other company.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: An independent company will carry out the audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: Was Mr. Coughlan generally satisfied with the audit approach?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: I want to make a brief point following on from our discussion earlier. It is an observation to think about more than a direct question. We speak about office accommodation being provided in Leinster House for Deputies whose staff are based here. That is fine and I have no issue with that. I am just trying to separate them from those who are claiming. I am also following on from questions...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances (23 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. Watt take my point?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to expand the remit of the Property Services Regulatory Authority to encompass commercial properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46441/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to defined benefit pensions schemes if he will reconsider the minimum funding standard and the changes proposed to deal with pension matters by her Department in view of the fact that any change in the rules could contribute to the winding up of pension funds rather than providing long term security for those funds; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that funding is maintained at current levels for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 15 that provides residential treatment service for young mothers overcoming addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46780/12]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: We will meet here at 12 p.m. on Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the delegations to the committee. I thank them for helping us in our consideration of allowances. We all know it is a complex area. I think this is one of the most straightforward areas. In truth the word "allowances" has been applied to qualifications, supervision, posts of responsibility and management duties. In my opinion the word "allowances" is a misnomer, they are a...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: That is exactly what I thought. There may be a few such cases. Have the officials a figure for the number of teachers earning more than €100,000? We regularly table questions on salaries in the public service and we get the figures in the response.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: I presume a number of teachers earn between €100,000 and €110,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: The majority of the 58,000 teachers are not earning that, but these figures hit us. Mr. Foghlú mentioned the school principals. I want to give credit to the principals of the large schools. The job of principal is similar to the manager of a major business. What is the staffing level of the largest schools with 1,500 plus pupils? I know of a school with 20 mainstream teachers but...

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: The number of SNAs in that school seems very low to me, but the principal must manage 120 staff.

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: I did not see a reference to it in the schedule, but do teachers get paid for supervising exams and correcting exam papers?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Education and Skills - Review of Allowances (24 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: The examination board is under the Department of Education and Skills. Can Mr. Foghlú give an example of a typical payment for supervising the examinations and doing the correcting of the State examination papers?