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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 628. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has received proposals from the private or public sector to generate energy from wave power in the County Waterford offshore area. [47965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 633. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the costs of importing fossil fuels to Ireland for the past five years; his views on the increasing costs and the effect that this will have on competitiveness for businesses here, and the increasing costs to households; the measures he will take to reduce these costs and improve Ireland’s competitiveness; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 636. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of his Department who have been approved for inter or intra Department/agency work transfers, both to and from County Waterford, in each of the past five years. [48804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual levels of commuter and commercial traffic that have used the N25 Waterford city bypass toll bridge since it opened in 2009 to date in 2014; and the total revenue raised by these tolls each year over that period. [47979/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland Funding (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 676. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the headings under which funding is available for projects in his Department; the number of projects applied for in Waterford city and county under the national festival and events programme funded by his Department. [48427/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 682. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been received from, and granted to, persons providing accommodation in each official Gaeltacht area under the Irish language learners scheme in each of the past five years. [47961/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme Applications (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 683. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been received from, and approved to, persons in each county under the built heritage jobs leverage scheme since its launch in December 2013. [47962/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 684. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown by county of the moneys her Department has paid out in finders' fees in respect of artefacts of local interest, recommended for display in a designated county or other museum, over the past five years. [47963/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Redeployment (16 Dec 2014)

John Deasy: 695. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a breakdown of the number of public sector workers under the aegis of her Department who have been approved for inter or intra-departmental or agency work transfers, both to and from County Waterford, in each of the past five years. [48802/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (20 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available through his Department to assist voluntary groups providing a community service in obtaining essential equipment to assist their projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: 622. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available to prospective new community music clubs-groups under the music capital grants scheme. [2258/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: I wish to ask the clerk whether he knows off the top of his head how many times the Department of Social Protection and the HSE come before the committee per year. Is it normally once or twice?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: That is my point. The Department of Social Protection spends approximately €20 billion. The amount has been reduced slightly in recent years. The Department of Health spend is probably approximately €13 billion. We must deal with every agency, and in some cases we deal with them once every two or three years. Some of the agencies do not see the inside of this room during...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: Will the clerk respond to my question?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: Ultimately the question is for the Comptroller and Auditor General. Given its budget of €21 billion can he really deal with the Department of Social Protection in one meeting per year considering the complexity and variety of issues? I know what I deal with in my constituency offices. The problems people experience usually take up half a day because they are complex. Policy issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: I welcome everyone to today's meeting. I am beginning to think we might have an oversight problem in the area of education generally.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: Obviously, the oversight or lack of oversight by the Higher Education Authority is the issue we are discussing here. The other members of the committee have dealt with that. I do not want to stick with that. I am going to get into the merger between the institutes of technology in Waterford and Carlow. The historic governance issues within Waterford Institute of Technology, which have...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: Are you characterising this as a forced merger?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

John Deasy: What I said was it is a failed process to date and it is. Whatever happens in the future, that is what I am interested in. There is a process in bits. Let us be clear about the situation now.