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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resource hours will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [11467/14]

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: There is nothing in Standing Orders, but generally the lead speaker gets 20 minutes, the second speaker gets 15 minutes and thereafter the speakers get ten minutes. In cases, where the speaker is engaged in an exchange with the Accounting Officer, I sometimes let the discussion run because Accounting Officers, as we have seen, often answer in a long-winded fashion. That eats into the time...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Now is the time to deal with matters in respect of Rehab.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Okay. Is there any other matter? I received correspondence in the post yesterday which I will pass to the clerk about Complete Eco Solutions. I think it is of interest to the committee and will have to be examined. Furthermore, there is anonymous correspondence here which raises a lot of serious questions. I just opened it before the meeting, and I think the matter will have to be dealt...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We have asked for them within two weeks, so there is one week left. There is one other matter which I would like to clear up, because I asked the question of Ms Kerins last week and as far as I recall, there was no answer to it. I asked whether Mr. Flannery was invited to attend the meeting and whether the remuneration committee was invited to attend the meeting. There was no answer to...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Is that accepted?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: It may be unfair to Mr. Flannery to say that he was here in the House and should have been here in the committee. Maybe he was not invited; that is why clarification is needed. The clerk made it clear to Ms Kerins as to who should be here. We have agreed on the proposition from Deputy McDonald, and there would have to be a sequence in terms of the receipt of the information and whether or...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Yes, and we will sequence that in the context of the information that is coming forward.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We said that we expected the information within two weeks, and arising from the conversation, I think we should ask the clerk to contact the Rehab Group and say that we require the information before next Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Is that agreed? Agreed. I will move on to correspondence from Mr. Nicholas Jermyn of St. Vincent's University Hospital, which is a response regarding follow-up information requested at the meeting of 16 January 2014, from an anonymous letter dated 4 January 2014. This is to be noted and published. We have to set dates for that, and we can deal with it under a work programme for St....

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Were they full statements? Are we satisfied with the material received?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We can send an e-mail today after the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: No, we are looking for attendance at the committee. We want an early date and we said that the last day. The suggestion was that Professor Brennan was abroad and that she would not be available until August. We agreed at the last meeting that we would meet at any date to suit Professor Brennan and conclude our deliberations on the DDDA. We will send an e-mail again today reminding her of...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We respect the fact that she is away on work from time to time. No. 3A.3 is correspondence dated 28 February 2014 from the NTMA re further information requested. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We can do that, Deputy Fleming. Perhaps the clerk will write to the agency concerned. No. 3A.4 is correspondence from Clare McGrath, chairperson of the OPW, re further information requested from the meeting on 30 January. We will move on to individual correspondence. Correspondence dated 20 February 2014 from Mr. Harry Lawlor, Commodity Foods Limited, re Shannon Development units 6 and...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Can we agree to check first and determine if the committee can refer it, and, if so, we will refer it on? Agreed. No. 3B.2 is correspondence dated 14 February from Mr. Patrick Kinsella re alleged collusion, corruption and fraud. The correspondence is to be noted. It is not possible for us to deal with the matter but we will ask for it to be sent to the Courts Service or the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Can we send it to the Department of Justice and Equality for comment?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3B.3 is correspondence dated 28 February from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport re roadworks in Tymon Park, Tallaght. The correspondence is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Jackie Dunne. No. 3C is correspondence relevant to today's meeting. These are the briefing papers, statements and correspondence from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, which we have...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: That is the next item under the works programme. Before we go to that we have received these accounts.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: At last week's meeting we referred to some of the institutes - Cork, Tallaght, etc. - about which we had received correspondence. I am of the view that we should examine the position in respect of those institutions in the context of the information we have received to establish whether we should discuss them, how they are funded, how the money is spent and how matters are dealt with at that...