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- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: I call Dr. McLoughlin.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: We did close it but we can formally-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Dr. McLoughlin wants to make an opening statement. Will Deputy McDonald allow him to comment first?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: I call on Dr. McLoughlin to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: If Dr. McLoughlin heard what I read out at the beginning of the meeting - and which is read out at every meeting - he could have saved himself making an opening statement. We are just here to examine the accounts. I do not need a lecture on the role of the Committee of Public Accounts or on the legislation surrounding it. The draft report sent to him that arose from the committee's work to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: As today's meeting is a special meeting, we will deal solely with the agenda item Vote management in the HSE, particularly the situation relating to budgetary matters for 2012. I received correspondence relating to today's meeting from the HSE and there is correspondence that was received on 3 October 2012 from Mr. Ray Mitchell in the parliamentary and regulatory affairs division of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: As this is the first appearance of Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin and Mr. Tony O'Brien before the committee, I welcome them and look forward to working with them in the context of our work. As this is a resumed session, the Comptroller and Auditor General will not make an opening statement. However, I wish to put today's meeting in context. In that regard, I shall read the following statement. ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: May we have a copy of Mr. O'Brien's script?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Perhaps we could have it now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote Management and Budgetary Situation in 2012: Discussion with Department of Health and HSE (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Yes. Is Mr. O'Brien ready to resume?
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Will the Taoiseach ensure the quick passage of the Construction Contracts Bill 2010 in order that it can be enacted to provide the necessary protection? In the spirit of the Bill, will he ensure the contract at Loreto secondary school in Kilkenny where the contractor has gone broke and 160 jobs are at stake-----
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: Will the Taoiseach ensure the contractors are paid and will be allowed to have a representative present at a meeting with the Department of Education and Skills on Wednesday? There are 160 families affected by this €5 million contract.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: The subcontractors have been caught again. I ask the Taoiseach to investigate the matter fully.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that there will be no cuts to special needs education in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43073/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in carrying out reform of the junior certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43081/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42944/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance and carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43429/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for funding from Kilkenny County Council for the purpose of refurbishment work at a resource centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42945/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Oct 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve an application from Kilkenny County Council for funding to provide modern and appropriate accommodation at an area (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/12]