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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax allowance for the parents of children that are working to bring it in line with the child dependants allowance of €29.80 per week (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42015/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on farm income averaging whereby either the farmer or spouse have a second income from self-employment; if a threshold can be introduced whereby the income average can apply rather than excluding due to the fact that in some situations it may be a small amount of self employment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 141. To ask the Minister for Health if the homecare package for a person (details supplied) can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 156. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby pharmacists' prescriptions in some cases request the person to come back on a weekly basis even though they have a monthly prescription; if there are additional payments available to the pharmacists for filling the prescriptions on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42115/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at this committee. He is accompanied by Mr. Mark Brady. Before we begin, I extend the sympathy of the Committee of Public Accounts to the family of the former Taoiseach, Mr. Liam Cosgrave, who passed away yesterday evening. May he rest in peace. With the agreement of the committee, I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will try to finish with the representatives of IDA Ireland by noon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will be very tight on time. Apologies have been received from Deputies Alan Farrell and Josepha Madigan. Are the minutes of the meeting held on 28 September agreed to? Agreed. One item brought to my attention as arising from the minutes is that we received a letter last week about the Higher Education Authority, third level institutions and consultancy fees. It relates to our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that agreed to by the committee? Agreed. I will ask the clerk to consult me about the letter to be sent from the committee. We will include in it the questions to which I referred. The next item on the agenda is correspondence. The first items, Nos. 784A and 785A, are the briefing document and opening statement from IDA Ireland for today’s meeting. We will note and publish...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It only arrived last night and we have not yet seen it. The Deputy might be aware of it, but members in general are not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I have not seen the letter, but we will discuss it next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will definitely be included in the correspondence to be discussed next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will put the HSE officials on notice to be available for the full day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I think we will discuss it on that day, perhaps in a specific period. The section 38 and section 39 organisations have available to them €4 billion of taxpayers' money. The Comptroller and Auditor General has a comment on it in the annual report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: That will be part of the discussion, as well as the ongoing issues. As we will need a full day, people can schedule it at this stage. The next item is No. 782B, correspondence dated 3 October in my name. I forwarded a link to the Garda interim report as I did not think it had been formally sent to the Committee of Public Accounts. I think we all got a copy of it so I have made sure that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Let us scroll up the screen.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The document shows that the audit for Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim is still being reviewed. We are talking about the year 2015. One can see from the screen that that is the end of the ETBs.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: There has been a lot of public controversy about one or two of these ETBs.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: In the first instance, and we will get some details, I propose that this committee, today, write to the chairman of each of those ETBs, in respect of the 2015 audit, stating that we will not accept any excuse. I will allow people to comment but I think we need to write to the chairmen. We are asking that the chairmen formally put our letter on the agenda of their next meetings, not just...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: No, just those ones that have not completed the audit and been certified.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is about the four ETBs - Louth and Meath; Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim;-----