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Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of these amendments is to ensure the existing law in relation to public auditors is maintained. The proposed amendment relates to the prohibition on connected persons acting as auditor of a society, at present covered by section 187(3)(a) to (f) and (4)(a) to (d) of the 1990 Act. The amendment also exempts the Comptroller and Auditor General from the section. A connected person...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The amendment was taken with amendment No. 162.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: My apologies. The amendment is grouped with amendment No. 166. Amendment No. 163 imports section 8 of the Companies Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2013 into the Bill. As a result of this amendment, all the company law related provisions of the 2013 Act have been-----

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Yes. When I spoke to amendment No. 162, I covered amendment No. 163. Did I not group the two amendments together?

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I spoke to them and took amendments Nos. 162 and 163 together.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Yes.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: This amendment incorporates section 8 of the Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 into the Bill. As a result of this amendment, all of the company law related provisions of the 2013 Act have been consolidated into this Bill, and when it is passed, the 2013 Act can be repealed. The amendment empowers the Minister to make provision with regard to third country audit and entities on...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: This is a technical amendment. The reference to a paragraph is incorrect.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of this amendment is to update the legislative references. SI 396 of 1992, the European Communities (Consolidated Supervision of Credit Institutions) Regulations 1992 have been revoked by SI 475 of 2009, the European Communities (Credit Institutions) (Consolidated Supervision) Regulations 2009.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: This amendment updates the reference to the European Union (Capital Requirements) Regulations 2014, SI 158 of 2014. It has revoked SI 267 of 1996, the Supervision of Credit Institutions, Stock Exchange Member Firms and Investment Business Firms Regulations 1996.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I thank the Senators for their valued contributions to the debate on the Companies Bill 2012. I welcome the general expressions of support for the Bill and I am glad that it has passed all Stages. I was not present for the initial debate on Committee and Report Stages but I know that Members raised many issues and engaged with the process. I thank them for their hard work. There were many...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I thank the Members - Senators Mullins, Higgins, White and Cullinane - for their kind comments. Members are correct. It is good to get the job done, but it has been a pleasure to work on this Bill and to be involved in the Committee Stage debate during its deliberation by the Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation because we were able to see it progress through the committee, the...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position on the major capital project for Gaelscoil Philip Barún, Tramore, County Waterford. The Senator will be aware of the demographic challenge facing the education...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I can update the Senator now. We are involved in a budgetary process now and will be next year. The decision was correctly taken to put together a capital envelope for schools for 2012-16. If it is any help to the Senator, that is progressing quite well. It is ahead of target and provides good value for taxpayers' money. The Minister for Education and Skills is very keen to have...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, who wanted to attend but could not do so. I thank the Senator for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position on the provision of improved accommodation for Coláiste Pobail Osraí, Ormonde Road, Kilkenny. The Senator will be aware of the...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Just to clarify, an application has been made relating to a green field site. I will discuss this issue with the Minister, Deputy O'Sullivan, and her officials. I am interested in this because the PLC area falls under my remit and I am concerned that PLC colleges are not too squeezed. When I travel around the country I see a greater demand for PLC places and we must work on this. I will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (1 Oct 2014)

Damien English: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that Bus Éireann has confirmed that the issues which necessitated the setting up of the dedicated helpline have been resolved and the helpline was closed on 19th September 2014. I would like to explain to the Deputy that this year, with the introduction of a comprehensive new school transport online applications and payments system, every family who...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 3.2 kilometres from and are attending their nearest national school as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. Bus Éireann, which operates the scheme on behalf of my Department, has advised that the child in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Damien English: Under the terms of my Department's Post Primary School Transport Scheme, children are eligible for transport where they reside not less than 4.8 kilometres from and are attending their nearest education centre as determined by my Department/Bus Éireann, having regard to ethos and language. In relation to school transport provision, ethos relates to religious ethos and is in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Oct 2014)

Damien English: The cost of not implementing the proposed 1% reduction, referred to by the deputy, for the VTOS, Youthreach, BTEI, PLC and Adult Literacy programmes this year is estimated at €200,000.