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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I am asking about the number of properties owned by the State and leased with upward-only rent review clauses in the lease where tenants have attempted and failed to negotiate. In one instance in Donegal, the tenant sent back the keys in the post.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: We will go back to the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General. When can we expect the budget, in October or December?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Will this be in late October?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: This morning the Comptroller and Auditor General made a comment on the money being provided to Quinn. Can we have an up-to-date position on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: The requirement is for €1.65 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: So that has not changed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: The committee is dealing with this matter at the moment. It relates to the work of the previous Committee of Public Accounts, which asked the Department of Finance for documentation on the bank guarantee, the night before it and how decisions were reached. The committee received a considerable amount of documents from the Department but never finished a report on it. This committee intends...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: My intention is to put Mr. Moran on notice about the report and the work we are undertaking. We hope to do that over the coming few months. The documents are important to us and, since the documents were released, people have talked about letters. This may include the pressure the Minister was under from Europe, correspondence about that and internal correspondence with officials that may...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Moran. We have come to the end of our discussions. We were dealing with Vote 6 and chapters 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5. We will postpone disposing of them until our next meeting when we will deal with them. I thank all of the witnesses for attending.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the new schemes or programmes he intends to fund in 2013 out of the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Disputes (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, to resolve a lengthy dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [12774/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be continued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [12772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of medication will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [12773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the school and the serious difficulty the loss of a teacher would cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the school and the serious difficulty the loss of a teacher would cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces mission in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13270/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 7 March 2013. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. No. 2 is matters arising from the minutes. At last week's meeting, because of a vote called in the Dáil as we were coming to the end of our meeting, we were unable to dispose of that day's business. Is it agreed that the committee dispose of Vote 6 and chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Donohoe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Members will recall that we postponed our hearings on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in July last year given that legal proceedings had been initiated against the authority by Donatex Limited and Mr. Bernard McNamara. At the time, this committee was advised that there was a risk that ongoing examination could encroach on the work of the courts and damage the ability of a State...