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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (16 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are controls in place to prevent persons from making multiple applications to different authorities for driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Reform (17 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on any changes he plans for means testing third level financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Issues (17 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the recent Croke Park agreement on the education budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/13]

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Training (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the provision of individual coaching to senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be issued to a child (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [18194/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of our meeting on 27 March 2013. Are these minutes agreed to? Agreed. Item No. 2 is matters arising. Our last meeting was with the director of the Local Government Audit Service who gave an outline of the work of his office. A common thread appeared in our examination of bodies that receive Exchequer funding which is not subsequently audited...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.5 is correspondence dated 15 April 2013 from Mr. John Moran, Secretary General, Department of Finance regarding the provision of information requested at the meeting of 21 February 2013. This is to be noted and published. No. 3A.6 is correspondence dated 12 April 2013 from Mr. John Moran, Secretary General, Department of Finance regarding the provision of information requested at...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: We agreed to carry out a report to complete the circle, as it were, on bank stabilisation. It is part of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report to us. We are simply finalising all of the details on that matter and concluding the report that I think was started by the previous Committee of Public Accounts. The report will bring all of that information full circle and to a conclusion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3B refers to individual correspondence. No. 3B.1 is correspondence dated 19 March 2013 from Mr. Pat Brady, Dunboyne, County Meath regarding the apprentice programme allocation and is to be noted. Mr. Brady raised an issue about the further use of equipment installed in Institute of Technology Blanchardstown at a high cost and we should ask the Department of Education and Skills for a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: We did.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: It was referred to the Garda but they have not responded to the information or the request that we made.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: They may not want to. It is a matter for the Garda.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: No. It is matter for the Garda. We just passed on further information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3B.3 is correspondence dated 9 April 2013 from Mr. Edward Stevenson, Lusk, County Dublin regarding accounting for the cost and effectiveness of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal. This is to be noted and a more detailed breakdown on legal costs to be sought from the Department of Health in respect of each of the years from 2010 to 2012. No. 3B.4 is correspondence dated 9 April 2013...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: Bearing in mind the question raised by Deputy Sean Fleming at this meeting and at previous meetings, we should write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure the type of information we seek can be provided in a timely fashion prior to meetings. As we schedule meetings with various Accounting Officers, the clerk should take note of what we say so that the information...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: That is a matter that came up in correspondence with the Irish Examiner. We agreed it is a good idea and that it should be undertaken.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: We will return to that issue anyway but we will write to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 5 is the work programme. Our meeting next week will be with the HSE to deal with the 2011 accounts. We raised a number of issues in our recent report and we will seek updates on these as well as on the broad range of expenditure by the HSE. The following week we will examine departmental oversight of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority DDDA. The new chairman of that authority,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2013)

John McGuinness: The reason I asked the clerk to prepare a note on this and to deal with it in the context of the work programme is that on the last day Ms Lambkin of the DDDA was with us, she gave certain information and she was a key figure during the period of time all of this operated. She is no longer available and has taken up employment elsewhere. We are now resuming that inquiry with the new...