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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (22 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: 1280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of participation of men and women, respectively, in third level education in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (22 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: 1452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of rough sleepers by gender in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31395/15]

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. I congratulate the Minister and her predecessor on the excellent work they have done in steering the referendum to a successful conclusion and in now presenting this legislation before us in such a timely manner. I also pay tribute to my colleague, Deputy John Lyons, who was the standard bearer for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: I wish to add to the point. At one of our previous meetings we decided we would have an overview of all of those bodies in which significant issues relating to governance and compliance arose with the auditing codes and that we would look at the broad range of public bodies to see if there is a pattern and how it could be addressed. Mr. McCarthy's office was to do some background work to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Did we not discuss on a broader basis the fact that the code of practice is not being complied with not only by many State bodies related to education but also in the health area, including by the HSE, that these are recurring items, and how we can address the broader issue of infringement of procurement rules that seems to be the recurring matter in all of these cases?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Could the Comptroller and Auditor General circulate it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: The point the Chairman is making is very relevant because the issue of procurement and compliance is really the bane of our lives at the Committee of Public Accounts. While I am a relatively new member of the committee, I am aware that it continually raises its head. It is an issue of how public money is spent and that is the main requirement. Public officials should be held to account if...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Yes, exactly, with public procurement, right across the board. When we carry out that analysis of the public sector where there are individual failures - and they have been identified at virtually every meeting we have held - some policy has to be recommended to the Government to adopt on this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Department of Health officials will be here next month. Can we put that matter on the agenda for our meeting with them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Would the normal practice not be a redundancy package?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: If somebody has been there for four years now-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Does the first point indicate there is a cloud over the future status of Dundalk IT?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: There will be a doubt over its ability to continue to operate as an institute.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: That would be a very serious matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: We do not know the reasons for the deficit situations. A major reason for companies such as PayPal to locate their substantial workforces there is the graduates from Dundalk IT. It would have a huge impact if there was a question about the future viability of the college and the same would be true of other institutes around the country.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: A lot of our technical and financial institutions and foreign direct investment are located in the vicinity of technological institutions because of the flow of graduates coming through.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: Grangegorman is the newest of our institutions, our newest campus with the Dublin Institute of Technology being moved there to cater for 24,000 or 25,000 students. Could we put it on the agenda to bring them in to talk about the new location and the operation? Hundreds of millions of euro are being spent on the development and it offers a bright new future but to see where they are going it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: It was set up under legislation in 2006 so it would come under the Department of Education and Skills.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: On the work programme, can we bring in representatives from Grangegorman? Can we manage to fit them in somewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)

Joe Costello: I thank the Chairman.