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Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Is it that the Department will decide whether each individual Department has come up with enough change and enough savings and it will be Mr. Fitzpatrick's job to enforce it?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Can we expect an announcement soon after that as to what each Department is expected to carry out?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Last February, quite a number of staff left the public sector. Can Mr. Fitzgerald tell us how many after that date were rehired and how many of them are currently still in those positions?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: As the implementation body, would Mr. Fitzpatrick not expect to have those figures as he was controlling the staff who were leaving the public sector? I accept there were certain emergency cases, such as teachers in education who had an examination year class. For instance, I know of one example where a person who left in February last got a job back in the examination centre in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I would imagine, considering he chairs the implementation body for this agreement, that Mr. Fitzpatrick should have been afforded those numbers and how that was working within the different sectors.

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Who is used to verify that the savings have been made? Is it simply the implementation body or is there an external body brought in, and what is the story with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: What was the cost of that audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Has that to be done twice a year or once a year on only four?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I understand that issues arose for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to undervaluing. Why did that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: By how much?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Can we be confident that the same error will not happen again?

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: An understatement does not make it correct either, however.

Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: It is not the first time that figures were understated.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive a grant under the minor repair works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44687/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason two companies (details supplied) in County Galway are not permitted to take on an unemployed person on the jobbridge scheme, in view of the number of unemployed persons in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44763/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44143/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (16 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the name of the private company or companies handling mapping issues for his Department; the number of families in County Galway that have been referred to it with mapping issues on disadvantaged area payments or agri environment option scheme payments; the average time before these queries are completed; when it is expected that these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (16 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been cut for the applied suicide intervention skills training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44510/12]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak to the Bill. Change is always a difficult but necessary process, and the change represented by this Bill is both difficult and necessary. In the end it will result in a much more streamlined training system, with significant savings to the Exchequer. For over 80 years, vocational education committees, VECs, have been a vital cog in the wheel of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (17 Oct 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their disadvantaged area scheme payment; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45250/12]