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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (15 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 428. To ask the Minister for Health if a cateract operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 439. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the urgent cases that were referred from Waterford General Hospital to Cappagh as these patients have now been told that the funding is now not available for the Cappagh iniative and they are now back on the WRH waiting lists; if he will confirm an early appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [43573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow coeliacs obtain gluten free products on the medical card; if these coeliacs on medical cards and the elderly will be given special consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43574/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: If I may, I will comment on the contributions of previous speakers. I do not know who writes their scripts-----

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: -----but they come into the Chamber to deliver them without politically proofing them in any way. Some of the comments I heard from Ministers and other contributors on the Government side outlined some of the advantages of this budget and the positives, but they completely ignored the issues at stake. I heard comments and glowing references about the health service, for example, when...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disadvantaged area payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [43838/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [43760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (16 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an assessment for a hip operation will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [43773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 26. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that all Government policy should be poverty proofed; if she has any proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43344/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the property tax is being withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44090/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [44091/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: 174. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 429 of 26 March and 13 June 2013, if the report from the Commissioner is now available. [44092/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: The arrangement of today's meeting is a meeting with Forfás as part of our first session and an examination of the accounts of Ordnance Survey Ireland, OSI, at noon. Are the minutes of our meeting of 10 October 2013 agreed? Agreed. Do matters arise? No. We have received correspondence since our meeting on 10 October. No. 3B.1 is correspondence dated 7 October 2013 from Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: We are finalising a report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes. We want to give members a chance to examine it and include whatever opinions they might have. Is the work programme agreed? Agreed. We asked the HSE to attend.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: Does the HSE understand that the meeting will be on budgetary matters?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: Is there any other business? No. We have agreed the agenda for our meeting on 24 October. A revised copy of the report that we will be dealing with will be circulated tomorrow. No. 7 is the Forfás annual accounts for 2012. We will invite the witnesses into the room.

Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: We are dealing in this session with the Forfás annual accounts for 2012. Before we begin, I again remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off all mobile telephones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and broadcast transmission of the meeting. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: Thank you. I now invite the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to produce the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)

John McGuinness: Thank you. I now invite Mr. Shanahan to make his opening statement.