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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (23 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance his Department or the Health Service Executive will give to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny to travel to regular hospital appointments in Dublin given that they are wheelchair bound, have cancer and their only long-term option is public transport; if he will put in place a permanent travel arrangement for this person [35700/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [35807/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (23 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved for a person, as he is out of school due to the numbers applying for this school; and her plans for the future to accommodate the growing number of students who find it difficult to get places in Kilkenny city. [35702/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 18 September. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed. On matters arising from the minutes, on the issue raised by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald about the use by subcontractors of workers in the black economy, at our last meeting we asked the Clerk to engage in a scoping exercise. I ask him to brief us on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: It is probably time that we concluded that piece of work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: Yes. We will proceed. I proceed to correspondence received since our meeting on 18 September 2014. 3B.1, correspondence, dated 3 September 2014, from the Acting Commissioner of the Garda Síochána regarding reply to query on outsourcing of speed cameras, to be noted and a copy forwarded to Deputy Niall Collins who worked with the committee on that issue. 3B.2, correspondence,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: 3B.6, correspondence, received from an anonymous source regarding overstaffing and waste in HSE nursing homes, to be noted and forwarded to the HSE for a note on the matter. We can return to it when we get that response. 3B.7, correspondence, received from Mr. William Treacy regarding ongoing issues with Horse Racing Ireland, to be noted. 3B.8, correspondence, dated 18 September 2014 from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: Do we have them all?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: At one stage we asked the clerk to do an exercise on this. Perhaps he would look at the papers-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: -----and determine the extent of the issue. We can return to it. Still on correspondence, we are awaiting a reply from the Department of Education and Skills regarding Cork Institute of Technology and a report it received. A number of matters were raised but we have had no report from it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 4, reports, statements received since 18 September. There is a clear audit in respect of the four bodies noted. We can note those accounts. Are their any questions on them? No. 5 is the work programme which is now on the screen.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: We have the Irish Sports Council next Thursday, Údarás na Gaeltachta and Shannon Development.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Dowds.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: I would imagine so. I requested it but we will not pursue it until we get clarification-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: It is not that we are prohibited from doing it. We need to take some legal advice. Can we agree the agenda for Thursday, 2 October which is the accounts of the Irish Sports Council? Agreed. Today we have to examine the three draft reports, one of which is on penalty points. We said at the last meeting that we would wait for the report on the current issues from the Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: Tuesday and publish on Thursday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: We could do them all together and then they are finished.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: In the event of anything substantive arising we will bring them back, perhaps before Thursday. Should a substantial point arise in respect of any of the issues, the member should get it to clerk before Tuesday and, we could have a meeting to clear it on Tuesday or Wednesday evening, so that we can publish on Thursday and that will finish that body of work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)

John McGuinness: I will ask the clerk to go through the outline of each report.