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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions he will put in place before approval of grants for CCTV in towns and villages; the person or body that will carry out the role of data controller; his views on whether this matter should be carried out by the local authorities, An Garda Síochána or Garda-vetted persons in the local community; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 187. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include qualified chiropractors within the regulatory framework under the proposed European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Dangers arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018 in view of the fact that registered chiropractors are included in similar regulations in other EU countries; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the establishment of more robust measures to be put in place in 2018 to ensure consultants comply with all their contractual obligations in respect of the 2008 contract; the changes that have occurred since the beginning of 2018 to ensure this matter is dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hours that were involved by his Department's staff and staff in the HSE in the course of drawing up the Dublin midlands hospital group plan for a new model of clinical service delivery in Portlaoise hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who was on the transition pension prior to the changes being introduced in respect of eligibility for the State contributory pension in 2013 can obtain the rate that was effective at the time the person went on the transition pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7763/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Waiting Lists (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the scheduling of a driving test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7848/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined today by Mr. Brian Hill, senior auditor. The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 8 February 2018. Are they agreed? Agreed. I have received apologies from Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. The next item on the agenda is matters arising from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is that a special report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: It may be before the summer. We do not have a date of publication.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: Will the special report deal with the substantive issues? Will it deal with the interaction between the university and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General? Does it deal with the internal audit report and the recommendations? Does it deal with all of these or just some of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will come back to it, but we cannot set a date yet.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are inquiring about the Crowe Howarth review mentioned in the letter. We will seek a copy of that report in the meantime, and we will come back to the other one. When we get the Crowe Howarth report we can discuss the matter further and we will keep this topic on the agenda. Nos. 1072B and 1073B were received from the Comptroller and Auditor General and we discussed them briefly at...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: It will be a very important document for the committee when we get the total level of stated non-compliance with public procurement rules.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: I would like it across the Votes but there are also organisations such as the HSE. I accept that is a bigger task.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We accept that. Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General will give us the Votes first.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We want the full picture of the organisations that are audited. Somebody will have to go through their statements of internal control and pick out what is in them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We want to get as big a picture as possible. It is a bit like the salary overpayments. It is fine just talking about what is in front of us, but we are looking for the full picture. We acknowledge it will take a bit of time. We will note this correspondence even though we had a discussion on them at our last meeting, and I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to keep us informed. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is €2 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to circulate the report by Dr. Jane Pillinger that is referred to in the letter to all members. I do not know what is in it. I have not looked at it yet. If that is circulated, it will be on our correspondence list for the next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is likely to be the HSE.