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Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency has adequate resources to support its efforts to gain security over assets controlled by its debtors that were not secured at the time when loans were transferred to the agency from the banks and where these assets were subsequently transferred to family members of the debtor; the amount of the €750 million...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of external consultants currently engaged by his Department providing advice in respect of the proposed sale of State assets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10404/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when carer's allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10805/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Ó Foghlú and his colleagues are welcome. I wish to raise four or five points. I will be as brief as possible. I will not rehash anything but I wish to clarify one figure relating to SUSI. Mr. Ó Foghlú indicated there were 69,000 applicants and 55,000 applications have been completed. How many of the 55,000 were refused? I will not inquire about the current level...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Out of the 55,000 completed applications, 52%-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: I would have thought the number of applications that have been granted would be basic information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Sometimes the most obvious question is the one to which the answer is not available. How many grants have been awarded?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Okay, we will. If 69,000 applications were received and 55,000 were completed, how many have been granted? I am sure I will get an answer in a few minutes. I will move on to the appeals process as some of these applications have been refused. I tried to get this figure before asking the question but we will get the figure in any event. What is the appeal system for someone who has been...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: How many?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: A total of 5,275 appeals have gone in. To where did they go?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: I do not think that is right at all.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: I doubt that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Because of the replies to two parliamentary questions. While there might be an internal review or internal appeal process, an appeals board was established on 8 September 2011. It is chaired by Ms Maureen Waldron and is comprised of Mr. Pádraic McNamara, Dr. Marie Clarke, Ms Rebecca Murphy, Ms Eithne Frost, Dr. Brenna Clarke and Professor Kevin Ryan. This is the appeals board...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: That is a screening process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Secretary General should talk me through the appeals process system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Within SUSI, that is, within the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, CDVEC.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Okay, so 5,000 applicants had what I will call the internal review within the SUSI organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: And approximately 3,000 were-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: How many were upheld?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I refer to the 1,861 cases in which the appeals were not upheld. Most people, when I raise the issue of this independent appeals board, the membership of which I have just read out, are not even aware of its existence. It is not referred to in the system. The fact that only approximately 100 appeals have gone to that independent appeals board shows there is a complete lack of...