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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did An Garda Síochána officially inform the RSA of concerns relating to the GoSafe system? Ms Murdock referred to her knowledge of this issue from media reports.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that Ms Murdock has only been in the job for a few months. Is it the case that, in that time, she has not had a conversation with anyone from An Garda Síochána in respect of this review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I repeat that I am not referring to individuals who may lobby any agency. We are talking here about a scenario where people from within GoSafe raised very serious concerns and queries as to the standard of the equipment and its "use-worthiness". It seems people were brought before the courts for driving with excessive speed in circumstances where they had not, in fact, been doing so. It...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: When does Ms Murdock propose to raise it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will that be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ms Murdock proposes to raise it then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of the Fixed Charge Notice System
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras
Chapter 14 - Cash Balances in the RSA
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (19 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Ms Murdock.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: It seems that reality has bitten in respect of the health budget. Finally the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, have come to their senses and are now accepting what we all have known for many months, that the Government will not meet its targets for proposed cuts to the health budget. Last year, the Minister and his colleagues, particularly those in the Economic...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The HSE will need a supplementary budget again this year which will be even bigger than that of last year. If reports are to be believed, it appears that a further €500 million is going to be needed. Does the Minister accept that he, the Government and the members of the Economic Management Council got it wrong when they imposed an additional €666 million in cuts to the health...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister for that less than illuminating response.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister accept that while the members of the Economic Management Council to whom he refers and who he says possess a level of expertise may have had some exposure to the Department of Health, it is clear that they got it very badly wrong? Does he also accept that, against the backdrop of overruns within the Department, incredible pressure on the system and rising demand, it was...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, the Minister does not know the position.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to ask the Minister about legislation which, I understand, has come before the Cabinet in respect of the granting of medical cards to women who survived the Magdalen laundries. When will that legislation be published? When does the Minister envisage its being put on the Statute Book? I understand the legislation will not take account of women and survivors who live outside the...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 432. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the forthcoming redress for women who were in certain institutions Bill will fully comply with Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendation that each woman who spent time in a Magdalen laundry should receive health services directly equivalent to those provided under the HAA card for persons infected with hepatitis C. [28449/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the forthcoming redress for women who were in certain institutions Bill, the scheme of which was agreed on 24 June 2014, will provide that the State will pay for health insurance for applicants to the restorative justice scheme who are survivors of the Magdalen laundries who are living outside of the State; if not, the reason; if so, when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (1 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 434. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will establish in her Department a permanent unit dedicated to administer the supports to Magdalen laundries' survivors specified in the Quirke report; and the way she plans to ensure the Department provides easily accessible support and advice to applicants, as recommended by Mr. Justice Quirke. [28451/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (3 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fund-raising campaign on behalf of a person (details supplied) who is suffering from a serious illness; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the large sum raised has been subjected to VAT; if he will now allow a VAT rebate or make a donation to the persons family equivalent to the VAT charged. [28755/14]

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cathaorleach, agus fáilte uilig anseo inniú. I shall start with Mr. Cregan and commend him on his expeditious and thorough work. We would share some of his concerns such as the preferability of having an independent entity carry out the work. That point has been made so I will not labour on it. Nonetheless, I acknowledge his report and the timeliness of...

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)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is what I am trying to get from Mr. Cregan. In light of fairness and trying to resolve the issues that we have examined at committee, is it fair to say that at least some responsibility for these matters rests with the HSE?