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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: We should continue with this line of questioning when the Secretary General comes before us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: I ask the members, witnesses and those in the Visitors' Gallery to turn off their telephones because the interference affects the sound quality of the transmission of the meeting. It applies particularly to those who leave their telephones on the desk in front of the microphone, which picks up the noise and means the proceedings cannot be transmitted properly. I ask members and witnesses to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: Will the officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform introduce themselves?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: Before I call on the Comptroller and Auditor General to introduce today's business, I should outline how the committee proposes to deal with Vote 25 and the chapters that relate to the Department in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. At a previous meeting with the Accounting Officer, because of the wide breadth of the issues that fall under the remit of Ms Tallon, the meeting went...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: I join members in complimenting Mr. Ted McEnery, all of the staff, and the Comptroller and Auditor General. The substantial amount of work that went into the report and the tight timeframe were mentioned during the launch. I would also say to members that the examination of witnesses during the process was key to the information in the report. The examination was very positive and made it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: This was an issue that was raised previously with the Secretary General regarding the audit of local government and the proposals at the group meeting to discuss the possibility of the amalgamation of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office and the Local Government Audit Service generally. We can discuss that at today's meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: The Minister launched a document recently that suggested there would be a different audit office and procedure relative to local government, which runs against the belief I have that they should all be together in one office. It is a policy matter but we can still discuss it with the Secretary General and perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: Deputy McCarthy has been replaced by Deputy Keaveney. I thank Deputy McCarthy for his contribution to the Committee of Public Accounts and I welcome Deputy Keaveney. I wish him well in his work on the committee. Are the minutes of the meeting of 22 November 2012 agreed? Agreed. We will review the minute of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on our report on the VAT charge on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if applications for student grants to Student Universal Support Ireland will be granted without delay in view of the fact that students need to sit exams and cannot do so until they have received their grant and paid their fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54868/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a student grant has been processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54870/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if further home help hours will be allocated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite a response as a matter of urgency [54823/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 19 July 2012, if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny with a view to granting an early hospital appointment [54841/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (5 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a grant under the Student Universal Support Ireland in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [54593/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (5 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision on an appeal for illness benefit will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54680/12]

Topical Issues Debate: Hospital Services (4 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: In raising this matter, I express my sympathy to the family of the late Niall Comerford, his parents, Walter and Joan, brothers, Damien and Shane, and sister, Linda. Niall Comerford was a young man who had a routine operation lasting for 15 minutes in Kilcreene Hospital on 24 September 2012. His parents complain that he was not given pre-operative advice and information on his after-care...

Topical Issues Debate: Hospital Services (4 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: I respect the role the Minister of State must play in this matter and note the information she provided, none of which is inaccurate or disputed. She indicated that further comment would be inappropriate. The family of Niall Comerford has requested an independent inquiry and is not interested in discussing the matter further with the HSE, as they made perfectly clear to me today. They are...

Other Questions: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency is due to publish their National Inspection Plan under the Waste Water Services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54194/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered their waste water systems to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54193/12]

Other Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Nov 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the introduction of Refit 3, and its importance to the biomass supply chain here, the reason there has there been such a the lack of interest in it being shown by relevant State companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53264/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (29 Nov 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for a new offshore licensing and permitting regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/12]