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Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Does the board still have to pay Dublin City Council?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Payment is ongoing. The board is paying Dublin City Council over a period.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (31 Jan 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is okay, Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve and enhance cardiac care services for those living in the south east; if he believes there is an equal provision of cardiac services in the region in comparison to the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (5 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: 659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an incremental instalment payment plan to assist persons in paying the cost of water connection charges that would be considered excessive or are in excess of a predetermined threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5211/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I wish to add my voice to this matter, which has been ongoing. There are parents in my constituency in Kilkenny who consistently make representations to me on this issue. It is time for the Government to give us an answer on when this drug will be available. It has been pushed down the road and these parents have children who are suffering. They need this drug sooner rather than later....

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome Mr. Fraser and all our other guests. I will begin with Vote 1, the President's Establishment. I note €3.7 million and then €2.6 million under various headings and then a sum €5 million. That comes to a total of €11.3 million in costs for the President's Establishment. Am I correct? I see €3.7 million in total gross expenditure and then on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Am I right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: From where does the €5 million come?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Out of the total of €11.3 million-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The figure is approximately €9 million. That clarifies the matter. I wish to clarify the position on the discretionary fund. I was looking at the documentation and the presentation submitted last night and could not see a reference to the €317,000 discretionary fund. Why is it not included in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The reason I am asking the question is it was controversial at the time. It was raised during the presidential election and we were all being told that it should not be debated in the Houses because of the sensitivity of the issue and so on. Now that the election is over and we have a new President in place, I am keen to know about the funding of €317,000 and accountability for it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Does it include the figure of €317,000?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is the money included in the figure of €8.9 million, about which we have spoken, or is it extra?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I know that I am not an auditor or anything like it - I am only a lay person - but I could not find it in the system. It should be explained to the public that the figure is included in the sum of €8.9 million. I want to talk about the audit committee. It did not sit in 2017 and there was no chairman. That was also controversial at the time. Has the position changed? Is the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Who is the chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Does the committee meet regularly? What is its role? It had no role in 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is right. I remember it. I simply wish to have it clarified that the committee is now up and running and whether it meets on a regular basis.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I will move on to other expenditure. There was expenditure on An Garda Síochána of €197,000 and €428,000 on security and defence. The figure for the Office of Public Works is €2.3 million and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, €667,000. Will Mr. Fraser explain these figures? I am especially interested in the figure for the OPW of €2.3...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I can understand the costs for the Garda and the Army. It is a matter of security.