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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Thank you, Ms O'Donoghue. May we publish your statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. I invite the Secretary General to make her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Donohoe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Members will recall that we postponed our hearings on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in July last year given that legal proceedings had been initiated against the authority by Donatex Limited and Mr. Bernard McNamara. At the time, this committee was advised that there was a risk that ongoing examination could encroach on the work of the courts and damage the ability of a State...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: 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 so, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their evidence. They are further directed that only evidence connected with the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I welcome Mr. David Moloney from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. All the witnesses are very welcome. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to introduce the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 7 March 2013. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. No. 2 is matters arising from the minutes. At last week's meeting, because of a vote called in the Dáil as we were coming to the end of our meeting, we were unable to dispose of that day's business. Is it agreed that the committee dispose of Vote 6 and chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (14 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces mission in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13270/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the school and the serious difficulty the loss of a teacher would cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the pupil teacher ratio at a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is maintained in view of the rural nature of the school and the serious difficulty the loss of a teacher would cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the new schemes or programmes he intends to fund in 2013 out of the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Disputes (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, to resolve a lengthy dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a domiciliary care allowance now under appeal will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [12774/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Eligibility (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be continued in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [12772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (12 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of medication will be refunded to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [12773/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Moran. We have come to the end of our discussions. We were dealing with Vote 6 and chapters 1 to 3, inclusive, and 5. We will postpone disposing of them until our next meeting when we will deal with them. I thank all of the witnesses for attending.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Are these private properties?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I am talking about properties owned by the State.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: Can I ask Mr. Quigley?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts and Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 6 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Financial Outturn for 2011
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 3 - Banking and Insurance Measures
Chapter 5 - EU Financial Transactions (7 Mar 2013)

John McGuinness: I am asking about the number of properties owned by the State and leased with upward-only rent review clauses in the lease where tenants have attempted and failed to negotiate. In one instance in Donegal, the tenant sent back the keys in the post.