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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: That indicates a major saving.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I have two brief and final questions on the accounts. I am looking for an explanation more than anything else. One programme relates to Áras an Uachtaráin. How many staff does the OPW cover for in the Áras?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Has that number gone up or down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: What other costs arise at Áras an Uachtaráin? Does it have its own Vote?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: The OPW expenditure relates only to the staff. Is that the position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: What is the cost for maintaining the facility?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Is there a set cost or does it go up and down each year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I note another point from looking through the accounts relating to Glasnevin Cemetery and what is coming up in 2016. There is a reference to a major €25 million scheme of restoration at Glasnevin Cemetery. Initially, it was allocated a grant of €2.5 million. Was that simply a starting allocation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Land Swap Arrangement in the Provision of Affordable Houses
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (30 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: The project is not running over or costing more. Is that the case?

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak to the Bill, which aims to secure the future of Ireland's small businesses via the examiner process. Although there are many laudable aspects in this proposed legislation, there are others that may well be impractical, given the short interval in which an examiner must work. That is why the Government is unable to support this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 726. To ask the Minister for Health when a dental clinic will be restored in Loughrea, County Galway; his plans to ensure that children in south Galway have proper access to dental services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5539/14]

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill. This is one of the most welcome legislative measures to come before the House during the lifetime of this Government. Every day we are seeing and reading about instances of systematic and endemic wrongdoing in organisations that was highlighted internally by employees, but only at great risk to their professional careers. In...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (5 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 87. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the time limit for applying for statutory redundancy; if a person who left work because they became terminally ill may apply for statutory redundancy after a period of five years has elapsed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications (6 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme review will be concluded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5988/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 204. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for children under six years will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5971/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: It cannot be redacted. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Do we not know where we stand on this issue? I do not know what Ms English will tell us next week that would change the position.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: We have discussed the matter ad nauseum. The Vice Chairman is not going to get consensus on the matter now. Let us do what we have to do to make a decision and move on.

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion. Currently, the Government is spending in the region of €260 million annually to support child care programmes, and that money is providing very valuable assistance to parents throughout the country in accessing affordable child care. In particular, the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme and the community child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (12 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person in receipt of the one-parent family payment who returns to his or her native Nigeria, gets married and returns here to live with his or her children, who is not in receipt of any payment or material support from his or her spouse who remained in Nigeria, and who informs the Department of the marriage can continue to receive the...