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Au Pair Placement Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I do not doubt that the Bill's authors are well intentioned and want to address a serious issue. I commend them on at least allowing us the opportunity to debate this matter. It is always helpful when people introduce Bills and solutions. If we believed that there was any chance that the Bill could be improved, we would have allowed it to move on to Committee Stage. Previously, we...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Data (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; the number of agency workers employed by it; the cost of outside consultancy staff or organisations outside the public service employed or commissioned to do work for it, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21449/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Data (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the number of staff employed within the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General from 140 to 165; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21552/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of fully unwinding the financial emergency measures in the public interest for all public service and Civil Service workers earning €65,000 a year or less excluding the Lansdowne Road provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of fully unwinding the financial emergency measures in the public interest for all public service and Civil Service workers earning €65,001 to €100,000 a year, excluding the Lansdowne Road provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of fully unwinding the financial emergency measures in the public interest for all public service and Civil Service workers earning €100,001 plus a year excluding the Lansdowne Road provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21451/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings the Office of Public Works owns and-or manages; the annual cost of maintaining empty properties or buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21553/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Company Law (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rules governing public and private special purpose vehicles; the number in existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21599/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the details of architectural or design plans drawn up by or for University Hospital Waterford to facilitate a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Laboratory Facilities (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if outline plans drawn up for a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford require the orthodontic unit or any other unit to be moved notwithstanding a favourable decision of an independent review group on relation to the provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of contracts the Health Service Executive awarded under public procurement guidelines in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the tendering process procedures the Health Service Executive adheres to in awarding public procurement contracts. [21555/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number and value of public procurement contracts the Health Service Executive awarded, which were rolled over by not putting them back out for tender in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21556/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if the procurement of public contracts within the Health Service Executive is robust, fair and competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21557/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any breaches of public procurement policy that the Health Service Executive carried out and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I have one item. There was a comprehensive discussion at the last meeting about the staff complement of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. Reference was made to the authorised maximum staff number and the actual number of staff employed. The authorised figure was 164 and the actual figure was 146. There was some discussion about agency staff, contracted staff and outsourced...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: We also had a discussion on HSE procurement and issues that were flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Was that something that we said we would come back to?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: I had a brief conversation with the Chair. I accept that it is not possible for representatives from Revenue to come before us at tomorrow's meeting. We had a very lengthy discussion with legal advisors anyway with regard to the internal audit report. It has some relevance to that. At the same time, this whole issue flags and raises questions of process for the HSE, which we will deal...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: We are going to come back to this issue anyway, I would imagine. As part of that, we should have a discussion, maybe after tomorrow's meeting, with the HSE about where we go from here. In that context, those points might be considered.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: My comment is regarding the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board and the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board. If the Chairman wants, I can come back to them later.