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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Mr. O'Driscoll have a pathway to try to reduce the level of non-compliance with procurement guidelines?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What about the rest?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I mean when does the Department expect to see-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What is the value of those contracts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will Mr. O'Driscoll talk us through what is involved in the case of office premises expenses? The figure is €6.3 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is any of it related to rent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it down or up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have two more issues to raise-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. On the overall grant to Teagasc, does it cover the running costs of the agricultural colleges?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I know that Deputy Paul J. Connaughton also has an interest in this issue as it relates to our constituencies. I presume that with the increased numbers attending agricultural colleges, there is increased strain on resources, for example, in the college in Pallaskenry, County Limerick, in my constituency. Is there any plan to increase funding to ensure the stress and strain on teaching staff...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I want to ask Mr. O'Driscoll about non-compliance in Natura areas. He will be aware that large areas in my county of Limerick have been designated as special areas of conservation. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has imposed specific practices on land to protect certain habitats such as that of the hen harrier. Will Mr. O'Driscoll tell me how many times the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I know that. I am specifically-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: If someone is unfortunate enough to own some land in a special area of conservation, most of which is bad and very heavy in nature, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will ask why he or she has not cut the rushes or done this or that. If his or her defence is that the National Parks and Wildlife Service has told him or her to protect the habitat of the hen harrier, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Why then have penalties been imposed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: When we visited officials in the European Commission, that was not their assessment. They firmly believed this should not be happening. The understanding I received was that they had communicated this to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is why I asked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has the Department had discussions with the European Commission in this regard?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: We spoke to people who gave us anecdotal evidence that the potential liability to the State for failing to treat landowners in accordance with the wishes of the European Commission in the handing down of these directives to protect habitats could be up to €130 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department is aware of penalties being imposed on farmers for non-compliance with National Parks and Wildlife Service regulations.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 387. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to address the concerns of parents regarding the future of the ability of children with disabilities to avail of the free early childhood care and education year, as without adequate support, there are concerns by some parents that children with complex special educational needs will be unable to access appropriate mainstream...