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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: How will Irish Water fund the taking over of the loans?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In essence, one could state it is paying €200 million for the goodwill of the network within in the system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: It will be doing so over time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Graham is referring to the taking over of loans or projects to the value of about €200 million. That would be €200 million of an income to the Exchequer in-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In 2014.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The gross asset value on the balance sheets of the local authorities is €11 billion but it requires a capital investment of approximately €10 billion. The actual market value of the network has not been valued.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is irrelevant, really, because any profits that Irish Water makes will come back into the Exchequer anyway.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The €200 million will give rise to an increased water charge for the ordinary person.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What investment will the local authorities have to make, beyond what Irish Water incurs, in terms of the network, as of now? What are the contingencies? Are there investments that local authorities must make before the formal transfer to Irish Water?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore no Exchequer funding is going into the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is money going directly to local authorities for water services?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of normal company law and disclosure of a related party transactions and interests, would it not be automatically disclosed when the accounts are done? In terms of the directors of the NTMA, would the related party transactions and interests not automatically be disclosed when the annual financial statements are done? Would it not fall under that legal structure?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that for new bonds? It is not retrospective.

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for facilitating us as we raise this critical issue and I also thank my colleague, Deputy McEntee, for contributing. I feel strongly about the issue. BreastCheck should be extended to people aged between 65 and 69. These people could be our wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a relative or a female friend. The current BreastCheck scheme, which includes people up...

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for his response. BreastCheck was rolled out in Limerick in recent years and I raised the matter in the Dáil at the time. I have seen its positive impact. There are benefits for women aged between 50 and 64 and it improves survival rates. For every 500 women screened, one life is saved, and the older cohort of those aged between 65 and 69 has a breast cancer...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Tony O'Brien, the CEO of the HSE, was before us recently. He gave a commitment to revert to the committee in respect of accident and emergency services at University Hospital Limerick. Has there been any update by means of correspondence? If we have not received anything yet, could the clerk make contact with the HSE? A commitment was given and the matter is a serious one in Limerick....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to receive a formal follow-up in response. The clerk should impress on the HSE the urgency of the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses. I have read the report, which is 146 pages in length and very comprehensive. This is nothing personal, as our job is to peruse. In general terms, the report highlights the features. Mr. Cregan sent us a letter in January, which I assume he stands over, and the report is consistent with that letter. It is unusual that he did not interview the directors, although...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Those were Mr. Kiely and Mr. Conlan.