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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I have a few other specific questions. It is indicated in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that there was a fine in the year in question of €2.648 million in regard to the transposition and implementation of the directive relating to septic tanks. There was another fine of €1.5 million in regard to the transposition of a directive relating to the environmental...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: That would be good for the Department and for the national lottery. It is not good for the national lottery that money goes into the Department and nobody can say this is where it went. It would be good if somebody could create a line to follow the funds through.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: There was my question on the fines and I have a final question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I doubt it will pay it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I asked Mr. McCarthy about the cost of remediating all the legal dumping and that type of legacy issue and if any other legacy issue has arisen in recent times of which the Department, as the Department responsible for the area, should be ashamed. I would say there is one and it is the issue of homelessness. The Department is the organisation responsible for housing. While we have come...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: What change?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. McCarthy mean rent supplement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I will conclude. I honestly believe the Department was caught napping on this issue over the past few years. The problems were foreseeable and the numbers are increasing. If one does not build housing for three, four or five years, this is inevitable. I am sure somebody must have a list of vacant houses so we can see where we can get good value for money and purchase them. They are still...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: The exercise of the discretion in 2,000 cases is welcome. It is a well kept secret and I am delighted to hear about it. I will be on the case straightaway.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: People do not know that and are not aware of these rights.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: The public does not know that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste
(25 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I assure the Chairman that I will leave it at that.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 147. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department uses any system of software for the auto-deletion of e-mail messages; if so, his Department's guidelines on the use of such a system; and the length of time e-mails are stored before they are auto-deleted. [25308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a payment under the carer's allowance will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons may claim tax relief on invoices relating to orthodontic health care under the cross border directive, as well as receiving a refund from the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of lands that were formerly involved in the forestry services and are now in the control of Coillte, the number of locations; the amount of land in each case where his Department is still the registered owner of parts of these woodlands or forestry areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 474. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the cross-border directive in respect of orthodontic health care, the section in the budget these funds are coming out of; if it will result in longer waiting lists for persons who are not in a position to avail of the cross-border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: 475. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to orthodontic health care under the cross-border directive, the amount that has been paid out under this scheme to date; the estimate to be paid for 2015 and in subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26326/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I am grateful for the opportunity to address the committee on the issue of an electoral commission. As was pointed out, I was Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the previous Dáil and we looked at the issue of the voters register. I am fully supportive of the electoral commission. It is a very good idea and it needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy McLoughlin for his questions. On his comment regarding updating of the register and checktheregister.ie, the difficulty with all of the local authorities doing this individually is that there is no real-time register. A person could apply today to the local authority for registration but his or her name will only appear on the draft register next November. There is no public...

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