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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 304. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the provision of transport services for persons with special needs to day care centres in counties Carlow and Kilkenny is adequate for the families concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if the possibility of extending the provision of general practitioner visit cards to those in receipt of the respite care grant in advance of budget 2019 will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (22 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 394. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the refusal of a hospital to release personal medical documentation to a person (details supplied) under a freedom of information request made on 3 April 2018; his further views on the most adequate avenue through which the requester can seek satisfaction in respect of this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he has taken to alleviate waiting lists for scans at a hospital (details supplied) for women with a family history of ovarian cancer in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the rules relating to farm entitlements in instances in which there is an injunction on a deceased person's estate; if it is possible for his Department to transfer entitlements to a person's name in such an instance; if it is possible to seek a change of herd number into another person's name before the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: When the local authorities collect all of this money, the car tax and vehicle tax, etc, do they charge a handling fee? Are they the debt collectors at local level who then send the money on to central funding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre (23 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: The distribution is still based on population. Leitrim and the smaller counties still get a proportion, as does Dublin. Is it divided on the basis of proportion of population, or is it based on the distance of roads in each area?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome the witnesses. Will Dr. Love explain the HEA's service level agreement with the Department of Education and Skills, what it entails and what responsibilities in terms of governance come with it?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Does the HEA have responsibility for the institutions all over the country on a weekly or monthly basis so that the HEA has a hands-on approach watching what goes on in each institution and how their business is being run? Is that part of the service level agreement?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I asked that because of the matters that came up that we discussed earlier. Must the HEA wait every year for the annual report from each institution before it can intervene if there is anything that the HEA needs to get involved in or is it done on an ongoing basis during the year?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I will move on to the pension funding both in UCC and CIT that the Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned. On UCC first, is this €15.7 million in shared funding the Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned a shortfall of moneys that is not there to cover future pension liabilities? My understanding of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report is that it will be a shared...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is this a 50:50 split?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Why must the State come in with 50% and why is UCC not able to fund its own pensions? Why is the State, which is basically taxpayers' money, being used to subsidise pension funding? Why is UCC not able to carry its own weight and fund its own pensions? I want to hear Mr. Collins' view on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Is it the same in all universities or is this unique to UCC?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: In the future, will this be rectified?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I ask the Cork institute the same question. There seems to be a shortfall in deferred pension funding under the pension schemes. What is the situation in Cork Institute of Technology?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Has it a shortfall for future pension schemes as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I will return to the witnesses from UCC to ask about the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on full consolidation of the foundation's account. What is that about? Could they explain the relationship with the foundation of UCC and the costs involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Could we be provided with a figure for the cost of office accommodation, the use of equipment and administration services provided to the foundation? We have no record of that. What kind of costs are involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Will Mr. Collins be able to get that?