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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 356. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be performed; if he is aware of delays in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27297/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: It will be all sorted at that stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Deputy Ross will have it sorted. We will have all the answers we need.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (14 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is on a reduced rate of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28848/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (14 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway received a penalty of 100% in respect of the person's beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28849/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Financial Instruments (14 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 421. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the roll-out of financial Instruments in Ireland, following his participation, with An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, the European Union Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, and the Vice-President of the European Investment Bank, Mr Wilhelm Molterer (details supplied), in the Financial...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Paul Connaughton: It is summertime.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is considering changing the contributory pension regime to ensure that persons who have worked for decades and made contributions over many years can access the full contributory pension rate; the mechanisms that are open to those not on a full contributory pension to have the decision reviewed or revisited; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who established an entitlement on their farm under the basic payment scheme in 2015 may continue to receive the payment if they lease their land before the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (22 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway had their single farm payment for 2014 reduced by over €1,000; the options that are open in terms of appealing that reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not receiving the top rate of payment under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32437/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their payment under the rural environment protection scheme for the past two years of the scheme; if this will affect their payments in respect of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: 150. To ask the Minister for Health when dental treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Galway, who has been waiting for six months for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32503/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. I wish to concentrate initially on the plagiarism issue, following on from Mr. Fennell's statement. There is considerable concern at the cost involved, particularly given that the final report found that everything was fit for purpose. It does not seem to stack up with the level of expenditure involved. To go back to the beginning, this incident was...

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Then eight to ten months later, reports on this started to appear in the media. Did this come from a whistleblower within GMIT?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Considering how the institute had handled the matter initially, was it not happy enough to say that such reports were wrong, that it had followed the correct procedure and that there was no need to do anything further?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Who were those lawyers?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Through all of this that company received €39,673. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Through the whole length of the process, that is what it received. Did the solicitors for GMIT change during the process?

Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)

Paul Connaughton: Okay.