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Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: On the new mortgage-to-rent scheme that has been promised, some years ago the Government introduced a mortgage-to-rent scheme in respect of which the Government bowed to pressure and gave the banks a veto such that a bank could go after a customer for the negative equity even when that person gave up the title to his or her property, . A new scheme is now being introduced. The old scheme...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: The mortgage-to-rent scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be considered for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 397. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a project (details supplied) for the purchase of a new building in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding housing in County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5398/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet formally with the Dutch Finance Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the maximum compensation that can be paid in respect of a person with a disability that has died as a result of negligence of the State; if this ceiling applies to persons that did not have lifelong enduring disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency Data (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the maximum compensation that can be paid in respect of a person with a lifelong enduring disability that has died as a result of negligence of the State; if this ceiling applies to persons that did not have a lifelong enduring disability; the role of the State Claims Agency in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases currently on hand by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the number dealt with in 2017; his plans to ensure that all are dealt with in a reasonable timeframe in the future; the number of meetings of the tribunal that occurred in 2017; the number planned for 2018; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to amend the situation in which an immediate family member can have access and discuss the case of a mentally ill relative with their medical advisers in view of the fact that the current confidentiality clause prevents this happening which in some cases may not be ultimately in the interest of the person; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by Mr. Seamus McCarthy, permanent witness to the committee, who is accompanied by Ms Paula O'Connor, senior auditor in the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Apologies have been received from Deputy McDonald. Are the minutes of our meeting of 1 February agreed? Agreed. Next on our agenda is an issue that I wish to discuss arising from the minutes....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes, across Departments. In addition to that, because I was conscious of the fact that the Department of Education and Skills, the teachers, and the Garda Síochána were not included in that figure, I asked the Comptroller and Auditor General about it. He said that in regard to the Garda Síochána, prisons, education and Army pensions, there is another €8 million in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: Just let me finish putting the facts on the record and we will discuss it then because the full picture did not emerge the last day. We then have the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which has €3.2 million in uncollected overpayments. That is an average of €2,177 per person. The total figure for the Garda Síochána supplied by the Comptroller...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: So the HSE figure-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: So the HSE Vote is for the last two years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: The HSE figure, which is 110,000 public servants, is not captured here at all. The first thing we will do today is write to the HSE for the overpayments figure for 2016 and 2017 in respect of all HSE staff. I have no doubt that will bring up the figure. Members will understand that I decided to follow this up as a result.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: No, Deputy, it is the other way around. This is staff who have been overpaid salary and owe the Department money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: This is not money due to the staff.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: No. Generally, these are people who were on sick leave. It took a fortnight for the paperwork to come through and they were paid for two weeks they should not have been paid for or holidays that were taken without being properly notified and there was a catch-up. It is those type of issues. The Haddington Road agreement and those type of agreements are not connected with this at all....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes. They might now have to recalculate the figures based on the higher pay rates.