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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Regarding the commercial rates, the biggest mistake was made in 1977 - over 40 years ago now - when domestic rates were abolished. That was a political decision, I suppose, and local authorities have never recovered. It is important that there is a broader based way of getting funding. As regards commercial rates, I do not mean to be parochial but, for example, the biggest employer in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: In the context of roads, a number of different schemes were in place a couple of years ago for which local authorities, in conjunction with the Department, were responsible. There was the local improvement scheme, LIS, and the community involvement scheme, CIS, for example, which had to do with local third-party roads. Would they have been coming out of the main budget initially?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Did the funding come out of their budgets initially prior to 2018? Was there provision made that a percentage could be taken out of their budgets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Was there initially a budget for those schemes coming out of the main roads allocation budget?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Data (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of acting peace commissioners and notaries public in County Carlow. [11919/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 588. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment process to include a device (details supplied) for testing blood glucose levels for listing under reimbursable items for persons with diabetes who intensively use insulin is completed, in view of the fact that the application was acknowledged by the primary care reimbursement service of the Health Service Executive on 6 February 2017; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 589. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cancelled surgery in St. Vincent's University Hospital rescheduled. [12519/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 609. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding general practitioners charging a person (details supplied) for blood tests. [12581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (20 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 1055. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an incentive, tax or other, for persons to downsize their homes (details supplied). [12662/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (21 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants under the knowledge transfer scheme; the payments to date; the timeframe for certain payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commercial Rates (22 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the issue of a threefold increase in commercial rates for wind turbines by local authorities and the disincentive that this will be with regard to renewables targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13266/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hardcopies of primary language curriculum handbooks for English-medium schools still available from his Department; if same will be reprinted for schools to provide a copy for each teacher; if there will be a charge for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13755/18]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: The meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimate for Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which was referred by the Dáil to the committee with the instruction to report back to the Dáil not later than 19 April 2018. I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, and his officials and thank them for attending and for briefing...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: We will now commence with questions on programme A. We will try to stick to each programme if at all possible. In posing questions, members should clearly state the subhead to which they are referring so that it is easier to deal with the matter and to limit their questions to one subhead at a time allowing us to get as much value as possible out of the time space we have. The first...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Does Deputy McConalogue have any questions?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: In respect of the TB issue, correct me if I am wrong but has there been an increase in the number of cases of TB in recent times? Will the Minister comment on that?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: The figure refers to restricted herds.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: How many animals were affected?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Does Deputy Healy-Rae have a question on animal health issues?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Deering: Does the Minister want to wrap up on this issue?