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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Funding (5 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 1258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that will be prioritised in view of the European Commission’s agreement to triple transport infrastructure financing to €26 billion from 2014 to 2020 to create a unified trans-European transport network under the connecting Europe facility of the multi-annual financial framework. [45782/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (5 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 1296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the inconvenience caused by the restriction of the new driving licence renewal technology to just 34 sites countrywide; if there are plans to increase the number of National Driver Licence Service identity verification locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47097/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I propose to discuss the Living City initiative in the Finance Bill, which was initially introduced in concept and in a limited form earlier this year. The initiative was billed as a pilot project for urban regeneration in Limerick and Waterford. It is a targeted pilot tax incentive to encourage people to return to the centre of cities to live in older, historical buildings and to encourage...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Does that mean if the Comptroller and Auditor General does not have a role in the new arrangement, we will not have a role as a committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Does the committee have scope to suggest amendments to a Bill?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: While we are speaking about the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and Mr. Watt, I remind the committee that Deputy Robert Dowds and I have been working on the issue of commercial rates. We have raised the issue at this committee on three or four occasions in the past year. It is another important element when it comes to local government. Taking up what Deputy Simon Harris said...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: To give members an idea of the difficulties that arise, the Department of Finance used to be the umbrella Department for the Valuation Office, but now it is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. However, as the latter views - correctly I think - the office as an independent agency, it has a difficulty getting involved with it. The Department of the Environment, Community and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: A Valuation (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the Seanad several months ago to provide for self-assessment. This would be an entirely different system from that which obtains. New valuations are being prepared, but when that Bill is enacted, there will be an entirely different assessment regime for businesses. Nobody has thought about how we deal with one set of people whose businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (12 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 294. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of introducing an easy-payment system for persons who inadvertently did not pay their non-private principal private residence charge in time and who wish to comply but have accumulated penalties and are unable to pay this amount in one full payment as is currently requested; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Non-Payment (13 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who are accumulating penalties as a result of not paying the non-principal private residence charge; and the amount outstanding. [48418/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: The person we should invite is the director of credit institutions supervision who is the head of oversight within the Central Bank when it comes to credit unions, as opposed to the Financial Regulator as such.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: As the witnesses have been in attendance for a long time, I will be brief. An article appeared a few weeks ago in a national newspaper about general practitioners claiming treatment fees for dead medical card holders. It referred to family doctors having claimed more than €1.5 million in taxpayers' money for treating medical card holders who were dead or who do not exist. According...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Can someone respond to that article? I am aware that in the meantime, for example, it has been denied that this is the case in The Medical Independent, in a certain fashion. The witnesses should tell me whether this is a problem and whether money is outstanding.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: It is stated in The Medical Independent that "no payments were made to GPs for deceased payments". I am simply clarifying this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Mr. Burke is saying that no moneys are outstanding in respect of overpayments.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Okay. In the reply to the parliamentary question I tabled, it was stated: GPs can update the database to reflect the death of patients on their GP list. In 2012, GPs made 4,400 such amendments and in all of these cases payments to the GP are ceased immediately.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Mr. Burke is telling me the HSE has got back all overpayments to GPs in respect of deceased medical card holders and that it has not found payments that have not been made in respect of deceased medical card holders.