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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection Commissioner (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding arrangements for the office of the Data Protection Commissioner with regard to the Commissioner's plans to increase staff and resources at a location in Dublin; the timeframe to increase staff and resources; the number of additional staff being employed in the Dublin region; his plans for 2018 and 2019; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for collecting moneys under the nursing home support scheme; the amounts received in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason full-time staff employed by the HSE for home help are excluded from the general staffing numbers in the HSE; his views on whether this is appropriate and respects the dignity of the HSE employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in providing an appointment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42546/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Marriages Data (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for each civil registration office for persons that are seeking an appointment to notify the civil registration office of their intention to marry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (11 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 121. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report submitted to him by his Department having received the report from the HSE regarding future services at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; if he will meet a group of representatives from Laois County Council and Houses of the Oireachtas Members on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding Government employees in a scheme called non-contributory pension scheme for non-established State employees; the level of gratuity available after 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years service respectively based on their service and their pension entitlements for each of those years of service (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 128. To ask the Minister for Health when a date for an operation will be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43287/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 5 October, 2017. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Apologies have been received from Deputy Josepha Madigan. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee and he is accompanied today by Mark Brady. The next item is matters arising from the aforementioned...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I will move on and take these two items together. We are also looking at No. 790C, which is correspondence from the person known as the whistleblower who dealt with the Grace case and who works for the service provider. We will discuss that correspondence too, but I would ask members to refrain from putting the names of any of those involved into the public arena.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Who said that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is our basis for saying that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The letter from-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: But we have not seen it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Are there any other comments?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank members for those comments. We received the Deloitte report, noted it and said at our last meeting that we did not have time to consider it the last time we discussed it. I think we can agree to publish it today. We held off publishing it the last day. It has been sent to us with the consent of the Farrelly commission so everybody can assume that it has been sent to the Committee...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am moving on to that matter. I appreciate everything the whistleblower has said. We would not be here discussing it without the whistleblower, who has done an enormous service not just to Grace but in highlighting the issues that have come to light as a result of this over a period of years. In addition to that, the whistleblower, who has written to us, was personally involved in this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am being very clear in what I am saying now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I just want-----