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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: No. We are publishing it today but we will hold it over and we will come back to it next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is out there now and it is published. The commission is quite happy for it to be sent to us but we will hold over-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes, it was very good in fairness to all concerned. Category C is correspondence related to private individuals and other correspondence. No. 758C is correspondence dated 14 September from the Secretary General, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, regarding the purchase of lands by Galway City Council at Keeraun, County Galway. The correspondence includes a report...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The approval of?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Those are good points. The next item is No. 759C, correspondence from Catherine Murphy enclosing correspondence sent to several members of the committee on an individual making a complaint against a commercial bank relating to overcharging. Members of the committee will agree that overcharging by banks is a serious matter. In this case the bank is not in public ownership and, therefore, it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Let me go to the particular item of correspondence, No. 768. There is a reply from the Department of Justice and Equality. Essentially, this is one of the first issues in terms of how to deal with a protected disclosure in the Prison Service. The person involved was not happy and used the legislation to get an external reviewer to examine the case. The external reviewer is a retired...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Money goes out of that to Irish Water and the plastic bag levy is in there as well. Motor tax is also included. Waterways Ireland's report is there, as is the financial report 2016 from An Bord Pleanála, both of which, as I said, got clear audit opinions. We will agree to note those. The next item is our work programme. We will discuss that next week. The Comptroller and Auditor...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have requested it, exactly as the Deputy suggested, from the Comptroller and Auditor General but have not got it yet.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The request has been made. It is done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that in regard to the IBRC?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Sorry, I have not seen that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay. At this stage, there being no other-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: I understand that we have requested that information and it is on our list. We will make sure we get it back. As there is no other business we will suspend and go into private session to take advice from the Parliamentary Counsel with regard to the issue of protected disclosures.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is the Taoiseach reading his script? The unit prepared the script for him.

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Social Welfare Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017. It makes amendments to the social welfare legislation, the Pensions Act and the Civil Registration Act. I will speak briefly on the Civil Registration Act and will concentrate on the amendments relating to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. My question for the Minister is one...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not qualify for DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41308/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a sports hall will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41309/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a transport grant payment will be made to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41916/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been placed on a panel in respect of the recent application for the post of home help for CHO Area 8; the expected number to be recruited off this panel by county in 2017 and 2018; the length of time this panel will remain in place for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41283/17]