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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the publication date for the maps of the areas of natural constraint scheme; the consultation period thereafter; the expected presentation date to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21290/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (4 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an appeals system in place in respect of the areas of natural constraint scheme for persons that are not satisfied with the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (4 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if areas of natural constraint are being examined based on district electoral divisions or townlands or a combination of both; his Department's policy on these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21293/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (10 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if the statutory inpatient charge in respect of a baby born prematurely who left the hospital before the date the baby was due to be born, in the amount of €800 will be cancelled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements in place between his Department and the Revenue Commissioners in respect of businesses and non-registered businesses including partnerships and sole traders with debts due to the Social Insurance Fund; the protocols in place to allow his Department contact these companies to collect this debt; the amount collected from these...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Fund (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money due from companies or businesses with a debt due to the Social Insurance Fund; the whole-time-equivalent persons and their grades involved in the recovery and repayment of these debts; the amount paid out by this fund for the past three years; the repayments to this fund in the past three years; the number of persons involved...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of full-time equivalent staff and their grades of persons involved in the collection or recovery of overpayments to persons that received them from his Department; the total amount of outstanding money; the number of arrangements in place for the repayment or recovery of these amounts; the value of these arrangements; the number of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, a permanent witness at the committee, who is accompanied by Mr. Peter Kinsley and Mr. Ger Enright.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. It is very much appreciated. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 4 May 2017. Are they agreed to? We will come to correspondence shortly. I propose to hold onto the dossier I received from Mr. Barrett until the end. We will discuss anything related to last week's meeting when we come to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am informed that we received a response this morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will be noted in them. The minutes, as amended, are approved. Are there matters arising from them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have held public hearings on a variety of topics, but that is only half our job. The other half is to follow through with information, recommendations and conclusions. I am advised by the secretariat that we will deal with the issues related to education on 25 May. I hope that by that date we will have assembled all of the information we require from the six third level institutions,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: By the next meeting we will have a draft structure for discussion in order that we will have an agenda for the meeting on 25 May.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: The next item is correspondence received since the last meeting. The first items are Nos. 463A and 472A, briefing documents and an opening statement from the Department of Justice and Equality. Is it agreed that they be noted and published? Agreed. Category B is correspondence received from Accounting Officers as a follow-through on previous meetings. No. 495B is correspondence,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will ask for the draft terms of reference to be sent to us and we may have an input into them. I do not know timescale but normally they take a little time and I would be surprised if they were completed at this stage. Nos. 460B (i) and (ii) is correspondence dated 3 May 2017 from Dr. James Browne, president of National University of Ireland Galway, providing following up issues. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Nos. 462B (i) to (v) is correspondence dated 3 May 2017 from Dr. Graham Love, chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority providing follow-up information. We will deal with that on 25 May but we will note and publish all that in the meantime. No. 464B is correspondence dated 8 May 2017 from Bord na gCon in respect to incidents outside this committee room in which there were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. No. 467B is correspondence dated 8 May from Mr. Noel Waters, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality regarding a request for information on receipt of a motion by the committee from Clare County Council. The note is quite a comprehensive response to issues on the cost of administration in respect of fixed charge notices. There are ongoing attempts...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have written to the Department of Education and Skills and we are waiting for a reply.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have communicated with the Department. We will communicate again within 24 hours and we will insist that a full and complete reply be before the committee before next Thursday and that Caranua and the Department should not proceed with any contractual arrangements in the meantime.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will follow up with all three organisations and we will insist on a written response before next Thursday. Perhaps the Deputy might assist the secretariat by forwarding the replies to the parliamentary questions in order that the staff can know the reference point.