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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: Could Mr. Quinn give us a summary for the past two years of the cases taken by employees? In how many cases did the Department accept liability and avoid going to court? What were the legal costs associated with the cases in which the Department accepted liability versus the ones where it did not accept liability and went to court? In some cases, the Department might be defending the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: Can we get a summary? From what we see, the State Claims Agency turns over hundreds of millions every year and some of the cases should not have to go to the High Court for settlement. If there were earlier admissions of liability across the board, we could avoid having the taxpayer pay unnecessary legal fees. I worry that sometimes a Department might know there is a liability but not want...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: I wanted to raise the issue of legal fees and the Baldonnel situation was current because it was in the news in the last day or two. I thank people for bearing with us. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts, I thank the witnesses from the Department of Defence, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General for being with us...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Industry Regulation (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Private Security Appeals Board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Seán Fleming: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Exchequer ultimately covers the cost of potential defaults under the new agri-loan credit fund for unsecured loans to be provided via a company (details supplied); if any calculations have been carried out by the Government and the company to estimate the default costs it may give rise to; and if he will make a statement on...

Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency: Statements (1 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am pleased to contribute to this debate. I am Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts and, therefore, have a particular point of view. I am expressing that view in a personal capacity and not on behalf of the committee. I acknowledge there was agreement in principle last autumn to establish a commission of investigation. Since then, however, the Committee of Public Accounts has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 63. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 308% increase in the numbers on trolleys in the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, between 2013 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 25 biosimilar medicines approved for use by the European Medicines Agency that are currently marketed and in use here; if he is satisfied with the level of availability and usage of biosimilars here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the uptake and usage of biosimilar medicines in health care relative to European usage rates; the specific measures he has taken to encourage their increased usage here; his plans to introduce proactive measures to increase the prescribing rates for biosimilars; the level of savings being realised per annum from the usage of same;...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have a quorum and are now in public session. We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to this committee. He is accompanied by Ms Mahin Fitzpatrick. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of last week's meeting on 26 January, 2017. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. I wish to raise one item arising out of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is one of the points already communicated to them in writing to supply. The one thing the committee will do is make sure we have a tracker system in place so that when we ask questions we get replies within a reasonable period and not weeks afterwards.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will add to that. I forget how long ago it was that we had representatives from the Department of Social Protection in to discuss the insolvency fund. We asked for information and we are still waiting for it. I am not letting it go. I submitted a parliamentary question on it to further prompt the information. We have to be very clear; we have to have a tracking system so that we do not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: It did not jump out at me. That is all I will say.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: There is that document, which is a briefing note.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I missed that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I missed that. The clerk might help us by providing a copy. I seemed to have missed it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We all seem to have missed it. We will try to get hard copies for all of us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We should not be giving out to the Secretary General for non-receipt of it; he is guilty of sending it in too early. He caught us on the hop. We will all get a copy of that. I will move on to correspondence, No. 266C, i to iv, and No. 267, i to ii. This is correspondence from last week where we are awaiting another explanatory note. It all relates to payment of public moneys by Dublin...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Could Mr. McCarthy send the committee a note on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is it in the financial statements?