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Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: We are now dealing with No. 8, financial statements for 2011 for the Commission for Aviation Regulation, the Commission for Communications Regulation, and the Commission for Energy Regulation. Before we begin I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones because the interference from the phones affects the sound quality of the transmission of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Dermot Nolan, chairman of the Commission for Energy Regulation, to introduce his colleague.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: I call on Mr. Andy Harkness, secretary and director of audit at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, to introduce the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: I will now take the opening statements from the aviation regulator, followed by ComReg, and then from the Commission for Energy Regulation. We will deal with the lead questioners who will each concentrate on one of the utility regulators. Thereafter, we will leave it open to members to raise issues as they wish. I ask Mr. Cathal Guiomard, commissioner for aviation regulation, to make his...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: Correspondence, dated 20 December 2012, was received from Mr. Ray Mitchell, assistant national director of the parliamentary regulatory affairs division of the HSE, providing information previously requested by the committee on the Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association, to be noted and forwarded to the Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association. It approached me with regard to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3B.6 is correspondence, dated 10 January 2013, from Mr. John Moriarty, Dublin Waterworld, regarding the National Aquatic Centre incorrect VAT charge, to be noted and forwarded to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for a comprehensive reply on the issues raised in the correspondence. Was other correspondence received on this?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: Are we waiting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: We will remind the Department we expect a reply to both. No. 3B.7 is correspondence, dated 9 January 2013, from Bernie Lloyd, Windmill residents group, County Wexford, on the proposed courthouse in Wexford Town. This matter has been dealt with and the group will get a copy of the reply. The following are the documents related to today's meeting. Correspondence was received on 10 January...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: Is it agreed that at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 24 January 2013 we will meet the National Transport Authority and the agenda for the meeting will be its accounts for 2011? Agreed. A draft report on the HSE has been ongoing and the revised draft will be circulated tomorrow and we will sign off on it next week. If members have an issue with the content of the revised draft I ask them to contact...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 20 December 2012 agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes? No. On correspondence received since the meeting on Thursday, 20 December 2012, No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers. Correspondence received on 5 December 2012, from Ms Geraldine Tallon, Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: The Department of Education and Skills appointed an inspector to look at some companies that were providing services to WIT. We were looking at the report from WIT on the expenditure of the president's office and we asked the Department of Education and Skills and those involved that we would meet again to finalise the report on that, but then the inspector was appointed. The decision is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes. We were told so by the Department of Education and Skills.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: It is Mr. Dermot Quigley, an external appointment. It is only one inspector. I now turn to individual correspondence. Correspondence, dated 18 December 2012, was received from Ms Clare McGrath, chairman of the Office of Public Works, providing information previously requested by the committee on a proposed courthouse for Wexford Town. I presume a copy of it will go to those who complained.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (17 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Finance if permanent interest rate reductions are actively considered by banks in dealing with distressed mortgage borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the fuel rebate scheme to cover coach and bus operators; the reason this sector was not included in the Budget day announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements if any that are in place to accommodate staff from Kilkenny Vocational Education Committee in their daily travel and subsistence arrangements to the new amalgamated service located in Carlow; if a redundancy package will be available for those who wish to opt out; if options such as transfers to local authorities or local revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant application submitted to Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be approved and paid as a matter of urgency. [1126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application to Student Universal Support Ireland will be expedited and approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as all information requested has now been submitted. [1129/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding claims by bog owners located at the All Saints bog; if claims lodged have been processed. approved and paid; if legal and or consultants' fees have been approved and paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Taxation (16 Jan 2013)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated number of vehicles not being taxed in any given year and therefore the estimated loss of revenue to the State; if he will consider putting in place an easy payment scheme without extra cost to those who might use the scheme to encourage greater compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1130/13]