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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Appointments (18 Sep 2013)

John McGuinness: 17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure that is followed by his Department when appointing members of the public to State boards or other agencies under the aegis of his Department; if he could outline all appointments made by him to all boards or agencies since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2013)

John McGuinness: 50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total expenditure by his Department to carry out surveillance on protected bogs under EU law; the services that were obtained as part of this expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Issues (18 Sep 2013)

John McGuinness: 692. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an incapacity supplement claim will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [38550/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Review (18 Sep 2013)

John McGuinness: 693. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if domiciliary care allowance will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response. [38554/13]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: 9. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will expand on his recent statement that the experience from the Mali mission would suggest that, while individual member states could respond rapidly, the decision making process within the EU had been found wanting. [35726/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Is it agreed to dispose of Vote 38 - Social Protection: Chapter 24 - Supplementary Welfare Allowance? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Can I publish Ms O'Donoghue's statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The witnesses are all very welcome. I now invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to introduce the 2011 annual report, chapter 24. The full text of the chapter can be found in the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General or on the website of the Comptroller and Auditor General at www.audgen.gov.ie.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: I invite Ms O'Donoghue to make her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Before we begin, I remind Members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to do...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Therein lies the problem. It is part of the issue that Deputy Deasy raised. I understand the policy element of this, as well as the valuations and what local authorities do. A solution to this for the country, including the SME sector, will not be established unless all the participants talk to one another. There is a role for local government, the Valuation Office and the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: With the approval of members, we will send a transcript of this morning's meeting to the various Departments, and that will resolve it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Are there any other questions on this matter before we move on to the Department of Social Protection? If not, we will dispose of Vote 15. I wish to thank the witnesses for attending the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: When were they last reviewed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Typically, for how many days would each of the 20 members on the panel sit in a year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: There are two figures in which I am interested. For how many days did each of the 20 members on the panel sit on a tribunal in the course of 2011, for example? How many of the sittings lasted for a number of days? The answers will allow us to know how much each member costs and how many cases lasted for a number of days. I ask for as reasonable a breakdown as can be obtained without any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: On the questions raised by Deputies Deasy and O'Donnell, I do not want to go over old ground. As a ratepayer, I notice that businesses generally throughout the country, particularly small businesses, are in serious difficulty. The delegation has stated the person holding the lease or the person renting the property pays the insurance and the rates. My experience of dealing with the SME...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The questions I am putting to the witnesses are the ones that are relevant to how the office approaches the valuations technically. Mr. Lavelle is telling me in response to the questions I have asked him that the office takes all he has described into consideration outside of the subsequent occupier clause and that is somehow reflected in the valuation of the property.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: I want to move on to the subsequent occupier clause and question the officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. When applying the "rate in the pound", as it was known by the councillors, or the county manager in bringing forward his or her rate every year, there is unevenness across the country. Some counties have increased it continually over those years, while others,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: I will ask Mr. O'Sullivan about the Valuation Tribunal. In 2011 expenditure was €650,000. How was the tribunal made up and how was the money spent?