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

John Deasy: Does the HSE consider the system to be clean at this point?

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

John Deasy: It deserved-----

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

John Deasy: This issue deserved clarification today because an article appeared a few weeks ago in a national newspaper stating that this was occurring. Regardless of that, when I read The Medical Independent, it still was not clear to me. When I tabled a parliamentary question in the Dáil, I thought the issue deserved a response. However, Mr. Burke now has clarified it and that is fair enough.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of agriculture-related courses available to prospective young farmers in each of the country's State-funded third level institutes, universities and colleges in the current 2013-14 academic year. [49470/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State-owned buildings in each county that were unoccupied in each of the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive. [49465/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties Data (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual maintenance and security costs attached to unoccupied State-owned buildings in each of the years 2007 to 2012 inclusive. [49466/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 386. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made through mapping and other means by his Department’s underwater archaeology unit to establish the location of the estimated 15,000 shipwrecks lying in Irish territorial waters. [49467/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest estimates regarding the potential oil and gas reserves within Ireland's 652,000 sq. km of offshore; and his plans to encourage greater exploration. [49468/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the advertising rates charged to registered charities by RTE television and radio; and the State subsidy, if any, that is given towards the cost of suicide prevention and awareness campaigns on RTE. [49469/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Numbers (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons living here who received a contributory State pension or non-contributory State pension top-up from the Government, in addition to their UK pension payment in 2012. [50064/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: In regard to the Garda Commissioner contacting the committee about the data or the letters sent to it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I would be very wary of any State body constructing a convention with regard to its appearance or non-appearance before an Oireachtas committee. That is the issue for me. The Central Bank's interpretation and definition of when and why its representatives should appear before an Oireachtas committee is questionable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: This is a question for the committee and also the public. It is very important, in the context of what has happened in this country in the past five or six years, that these bodies must be accountable to the Oireachtas. We must insist upon our mandate with regard to the appearance or non-appearance of representatives of State bodies. To use the Comptroller and Auditor General as a trapdoor...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I think the Comptroller and Auditor General has answered the question very well. There is a clear responsibility in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General for credit institutions. I think we invited the director of credit institutions and insurance supervision to appear before us, if I am not mistaken. I think her name is Fiona Muldoon. She is the individual at the Central Bank...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Yes, I will rephrase that. This committee now has that kind of remit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: We should invite representatives from the office of the director of credit institutions and insurance supervision.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Is the Chairman saying that the former Financial Regulator has offered to come in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: It is worth recapping on what has been said. We are dealing with public money. In the context of Newbridge Credit Union, that may be the case. I am saying that the taxpayer may, in some cases, be affected by this. What is more important, I understand it is the Comptroller and Auditor General's opinion, in the context of this committee's remit in this area and in terms of dealing directly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: That joins the dots. That opinion should be relayed directly and immediately to the Central Bank. Its interpretation should be questioned by the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I must agree with Deputy Ross. If the management of the Central Bank were present this morning they would be embarrassed and would accept what the Comptroller and Auditor General has had to say. I do not think they can construct such a convention.