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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: The Chair says that every year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: The Chair mentioned the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. I put a series of questions in regard to JobPath to the Accounting Officer of that Department. I find it incredible that the witnesses were able to give us a headline figure of how much was spent over an 18-month period but were unable to break down or even provide a headline figure for how much was spent on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: I would like the committee to consider it. To return to an issue that arose at our last meeting, we had a situation with RTÉ and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment whereby a big chunk of money was given over but there does not seem to be any way for us to examine how that money is spent. I acknowledge that the case of RTÉ is a bit more complicated...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: There is a separate issue that needs to be addressed. It is unfortunate that I have to leave but there is a separate issue involving------

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: -----confidentiality and all sorts of reasons, legal and otherwise, being used to avoid giving information. We had a short discussion on the matter and will have to revisit it at some point because we will come up against the same brick wall over the coming 12 months and it is making our job more difficult.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: If we can, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: I echo those points. I have raised the issue of the independence of many of these reports several times from a process perspective. I am deeply uncomfortable with it. It chimes with an item of correspondence that deals with expenditure on consultants and legal firms by third level institutions. We will talk about that, but the points are the same. We have to stop and reflect on all of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: The question is actually larger than that. If we look at the third level report - I know that it is not what we are discussing now - the Higher Education Authority, HEA, is supposed to be the authority. Much of the work could be done in-house. Is the HEA outsourcing huge amounts of this consultancy work which can actually be done by staff in-house? It is its function.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: It is costing a lot of money.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (23 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for his Department's decision to limit the intake of a school (details supplied) to 13 students per annum; if this decision is in contradiction to his Department's own conclusion regarding the school as outlined in the report on the pilot surveys regarding parental preferences on primary school patronage published in December 2012;...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: We have heard many arguments in the Chamber in the past few days about pro and anti-repeal positions. Everyone's position should be respected. I understand fully that this is an emotional issue for many. My party has a clear position on the eighth amendment which is that it should be repealed and replaced with laws which provide for terminations in certain circumstances. I have a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (24 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all work rotas issued by Tusla are compliant with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (24 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of residential care units under the direction of Tusla, including residential care units brought under the direction of Tusla on its formation in each of the years from 2005 to 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Programme (24 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 will be on the Dáil Éireann Order Paper for Second Stage reading; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3514/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department is undertaking to protect the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3697/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: The question is to seek an update from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from the Minister on the measures that are being taken to protect the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts in the context of Brexit.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: Michel Barnier, the EU chief Brexit negotiator, said in a parliamentary committee in Madrid on Tuesday that Ireland remains a source of uncertainty in the Brexit talks. As the Minister will know, the joint report and the communiqué that was agreed between Britain and the European Union was described in Europe as a "gentleman's agreement". It has been called a "backstop" agreement in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: I do not raise these issues to be critical of the Minister or the Government. I raise them because they are central and important to citizens in the North and because they underpin the Good Friday Agreement. My point is the Minister is right when he states we need to ensure that Irish citizens who live in the North should continue to enjoy the same rights they currently enjoy as EU...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: That is what we want too.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: We support that.