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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Because the scheme did not exist. There was nothing in the account in 2014. There was money in the credit balance-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Because it shows the 2015 figure on the left-hand side of the page and it is just a comparison to show what it was for the previous year. There was nothing in that scheme for that year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: On the point made by the Deputy, this Committee of Public Accounts should ask every Secretary General who comes before the committee to provide a note in advance with regard to the agencies under the auspices of their Departments, to list each of the agencies or State boards funded by them and include their financial accounts. Maybe this committee should insist on that as a matter of form...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: They just get more money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is a very broad point and we will come back to that. I recall that not so long ago there was a Dáil debate on Estimates for the provision of these funds. I am sure many Deputies trooped into the Chamber to say how wonderful these organisations were, that they should get funding and that they are a valuable part of the rural economy. I did not hear those speeches but I know what...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Committee of Public Accounts may have a different position to take on those. What the Deputy has said applies across the board to lots of organisations. At this stage we shall conclude the discussion. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts I thank the witnesses from the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Office of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Please make sure that the information is provided around the accounts for which the Department is the paying agent. We want to see those accounts. It is not that we need to discuss them with the Department but we want to have them in front of the committee. There is no issue, but we have not got the full picture regarding payments to the agriculture sector without that other half of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Prices (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reducing the cost of food incurred by coeliacs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7146/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if a person on a medical card with a long-term illness, such as coeliac disease, is liable for a €20 individual charge for each blood test, urine test and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7165/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7167/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; and the estimated final cost. [6365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of commissions of inquiries or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be put on the pay rates that were in existence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in his Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commissions of Inquiry (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of commissions of inquiry or other formal investigations or inquiries being conducted in her Department; the name of these; the date they were established; the expected date the work is intended to be completed; the cost incurred to date; the estimated final cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6349/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: 216. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement consultant will be appointed in the eye clinic in Portlaoise hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6244/17]