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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (9 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for 2010 single payment has been processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if all documents now submitted have been considered; if a payment will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43001/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (9 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42914/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (9 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if a hearing aid will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [42943/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (9 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a commitment to provide funding for the essential works required at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42946/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (9 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if an application under the National Lottery grant scheme will be approved and funded in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Waterford [43000/12]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: We accept what Mr. Boland has said - it will show on the record. I believe it was also stated last week that while Dr. Port's name was mentioned no impropriety of any kind was attached to him. I believe Deputy Donohoe may have said so last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: I have a question for Seán Ó Foghlú and Mr. Boland. When we return and have a representative from Waterford Institute of Technology, Mr. Boland representing the HEA and Seán Ó Foghlú representing the Department, perhaps one single person might be prepared to present the detail and provide the complete answers to the questions that have been raised and remain...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: I call the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: Given that we will conduct a further hearing, we will leave special report No. 78 open. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the witnesses for attending.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: Could I intervene here because I want to inform the meeting of something, which I will do in a moment?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: In the course of our questions here, I challenged Mr. Boland about his opening statement. Unfortunately, I did not call first on Deputy Donohue because I was shocked by it not addressing the issues. I based the questions in my contribution on the information that we had at that time. We were not aware of the statement that Mr. Boland then read out; nobody was. The other matter of which we...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: I understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: It needs to be put on the record that this is contained in it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: I understand fully.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: I understand that. However, the point has to be made, in regard to the statement, that we did not know at the beginning of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: The second point I want to make is that the clerk to the committee checked the e-mails in the course of our exchange and the following e-mail came in at 5.21 p.m. yesterday to the general e-mail box of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: No. This has come into the general e-mail box of the Committee of Public Accounts. It is not addressed to anyone. It states:I wish to make a correction to a mis-statement in a report referred to at the PAC hearing on 27/9/12. The report in question, produced by Deloitte, indicates that WIT paid an invoice to Bell Airways in respect of the charter of a plane to transport a visitor from...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: Who was to give us the information? We were told yesterday someone was to contact the committee to give us all the information before this meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: Could that be confirmed?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

John McGuinness: Furthermore, I was not informed of any of this. That is why the witnesses' opening statement took me by surprise. I am sure this can be said for the rest of the committee members.