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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (27 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: 285. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will fund or part-fund community alert groups to cover their increased costs and in particular the costs of text messaging, in view of the value of the groups to local gardaí and the necessary work they are undertaking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3684/15]
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: On a point of order, we have been asking for copies of the correspondence and any legal advice or the whole narrative in relation to the lead-up to this, yet the Taoiseach has not answered. Will the correspondence that the Taoiseach and the Ceann Comhairle have be released to Members? While we are waiting for that to happen, is it not fair to ask that this matter would not be dealt with by...
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: I have asked the Taoiseach a question.
- Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: It is a point of order and the Taoiseach has not responded.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 22 January agreed to? Agreed. We will now deal with correspondence. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 21 January 2015, from the Department of Finance. It is a follow-up to our meeting on 11 December 2014. The correspondence is to be noted and published. No. 3B.1 is correspondence, dated 16 January 2015, from the HSE regarding the upgrade of staff...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Regarding leases, representatives of the Department came here and went through properties around the country. They had found a long list of issues with these properties that would not arise in the private sector. There are issues regarding properties that are leased. For example, in the case of John Shine, we were told the State was taking legal action against him. This legal action...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: I am interested in taking up the invitation, as the visit would be informative in the context of the hearing we had.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We can do that first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Is it agreed to take up the invitation after we compile the information we need? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We can ask for one. No. 3B.4 is correspondence, dated 21 January 2015, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, regarding the transfer of properties under the 2002 indemnity agreement. The correspondence is to be noted.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: There was also a cash commitment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: No. 3B.5 is correspondence on the upgrade of HSE staff in the south east. The correspondence is to be noted and published. No. 3B.6 is correspondence, dated 22 January 2015, from Mr. Noel Waters, Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, regarding St. Paul's Medical Aid Society. The correspondence is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Michael Keane who raised the issue....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: On the cost of the investigation into Mr. Bailey, does this refer to the Garda investigation only or is it also part of what the Chief State Solicitor's office was doing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Is that acceptable in such large cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We should highlight that in a case such as the Ian Bailey investigation which is complex and has extended over a number of years some indicative costings should be available for everything that has happened. It is important in managing finances to have a graph or an information chart showing how much an investigation has cost. It is not especially difficult to do this and companies will do...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Given the degree of scrutiny to which applicants are subject to obtain a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, and the hassle involved in terms of bureaucracy, it is staggering that this has occurred. It shows a complete lack of proper administration procedures.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We will ask for a note from the Department and from the ETB on this matter and bring it to the attention of members when it comes in. The second issue relates to the Law Reform Commission and the expenditure of €531,000 on rent and associated costs relating to unoccupied offices. Some €103,000 of this expenditure relates to 2013. We will ask the OPW for information on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: For what?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: It is an unoccupied building.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: There is a letter dated 7 March 2013 that relates to this. We will circulate it to members again. We will note those accounts and take issue with the different bodies on the queries raised. On the work programme, we are setting a date for the hearing with the SIU. That is in train from the last meeting. Next week's meeting relates to Vote 25, the Department of the Environment,...