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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: Item No.1 is the minutes of the meeting of 16 May 2013. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed. The committee needs to dispose of Vote 20 and Chapter 26 which were the subject of last week's meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now deal with correspondence received since the meeting of Thursday, 16 May. Item No. 3A is correspondence received from Accounting Officers. Item No 3A.1 is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: No, we agreed at a previous meeting that we would ask for the information. It relates to an expenditure in 2007 and 2008. It was dealt with by the Comptroller and Auditor General and the committee at that stage. Due to the fact that the matter was dealt with, I suggested we ask for the appropriate papers on the cost. Those papers have now been forwarded to us by the two Departments and it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes, they have been published.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes, that is what we agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: That is agreed. No. 3B.6 is correspondence dated 22 May 2013 from Professor Niamh Brennan, former chairperson of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA, re the examination of special report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the DDDA. That is to be noted and published. Professor Brennan has suggested her evidence should be taken after the committee takes evidence...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: Mr. Bradshaw has agreed to attend the meeting. We will agree that date with him. He has asked that we share our papers with him, and I think we should agree to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes, it is under the work programme. Likewise, Professor Brennan has agreed to a meeting. It is just a matter of sequencing meetings and ensuring everyone is prepared. We will set the date in accordance with our work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: We have invited others to attend. Mr. Bradshaw was the only person to respond.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: The Deputy may remember that at a previous meeting he named the individuals he would like to come before us. We then wrote to them and Mr. Bradshaw was the only one who responded. We are awaiting a response from the others.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: I am reminded that in our last discussion on this matter we named some individuals who we would like to come before the committee. Perhaps we should write to the full board. That means no one would be singled out and the board itself would be asked to come before us. That may change people's views.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: If we can formally agree that now, the clerk can write to those who have not been written to, and maybe inform those who have been written to that all of the board is being invited to come before the committee. That is probably the best way of dealing with the matter. Is it agreed that the clerk do that? Agreed. Is No. 3B.6 in regard to how we sequence the meetings relevant to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: We will meet again on Thursday of that week. We will deal with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Do members have any other business in regard to No. 6? We have to agree our agenda for Thursday, 6 June 2013 at 10 a.m. We will meet the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The agenda for the meeting will consist of the 2011 appropriation accounts...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (23 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of flood alleviation projects that will be carried out by the Office of Public Works in 2013; the funding to be allocated to these projects; the way this compares to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24666/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (22 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has indicated to the Department of Finance his views that income tax rates are a significant influence on multinationals in deciding whether to locate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24417/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 246. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Issues (21 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on departures of senior personnel from the regulatory to take up roles in the financial services sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23929/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals (21 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24212/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 695. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited and approved. [24475/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a positive response to an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24476/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 May 2013)

John McGuinness: 697. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision will be made on an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [24477/13]