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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State. Are the 2012 outputs agreed? Agreed. Are the 2013 outputs and targets agreed? Are the 2012 context and impact indicators agreed? Agreed. On programme C, State portfolio management, subheads C1 and C2 are for administration - pay and non-pay. Are there any comments or questions? On subhead C3, the President's household staff pay, are there any comments...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: It came as a surprise to us that the rhinoceros horn had a value of almost €500,000. My point is whether the Department needs to carry out an audit of what is actually in stock.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Is there a value on the stock?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: That goes back to his Kerry football days, I suppose.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Are the 2012 outputs agreed? Agreed. Are the 2013 outputs targets agreed? Agreed. Are the 2012 contexts and impact indicators agreed? Agreed. I refer to administration subheads A(i) to A(vii). On subhead A(i), salaries, wages and allowances, are there any comments or questions? On subhead A(ii), travel and subsistence, are there any comments or questions? On subhead A(iii), training...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: That is all. I thank the Minister of State's officials for assisting the committee in our consideration of the Revised Estimates and programmes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Message to Dáil (23 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2013: Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform; Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances; Vote 13 - Office of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resolution available to a leaving certificate student (details supplied) in County Cork who is faced with a clash of examination times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19324/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility (24 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the denial of a place on a VTOS course, on grounds of progression, to a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has been out of education since 2005;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19379/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a jobseeker's allowance granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19176/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (24 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 8 to 15, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if it his intention to tax maternity benefit payments; if mothers who are not in receipt of full employer top up payments will be disproportionately affected (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply (25 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an unusual demand for powered milk has been recorded here due to a shortage in China; if such a development has implications, good or bad, for milk producers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 223. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an adult mental health services appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19620/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, for coming to the Chamber to address the issue I raise concerning Irish couples who seek international adoptions and the difficulties present in the existing system. To begin, I offer some background. Irish people who wish to become adoptive parents rightly must go through a rigorous approval programme as part of an international commitment...

Topical Issue Debate: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. What I am proposing is not in conflict with the Hague Convention. In fact it would enhance the measures that Ireland has signed up to in the convention. I agree that the convention has moved toward a more child-centred adoption policy in which the child's interest is central both at the beginning and the end of the process. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20272/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an already approved grant to a community association (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid in view of commitments made and expenses incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if recognition is to be provided to creative arts therapies and if it is intended to include the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists under the provisions of the Health and Social Social Care Professionals Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20538/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a GMS card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20307/13]