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Topical Issues: Marine Safety (26 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: We are mindful that while we are dealing with the issue of defective EPIRBs or faulty marine beacons, a search is continuing for a fisherman missing off the Wexford coast. I attended the funeral of Shane, Paul and Kenny Bolger in June 2013. They were three brothers who died when their boat capsized in Tramore Bay. It is a day I will not easily forget. Their boat was equipped with an...

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: The Valuation (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the Seanad earlier this year but has not progressed.

Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: It has been waiting for a long time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Many issues such as this are going around right now. The Garda Commissioner appeared before an Oireachtas committee meeting yesterday to discuss criticism from the Garda Ombudsman Commission with regard to information relating to informants. They had asked for information to be passed on from An Garda Síochána, but it was not forthcoming. There was some criticism in that regard....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: That joins the dots. That opinion should be relayed directly and immediately to the Central Bank. Its interpretation should be questioned by the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I must agree with Deputy Ross. If the management of the Central Bank were present this morning they would be embarrassed and would accept what the Comptroller and Auditor General has had to say. I do not think they can construct such a convention.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: My understanding is that the information was sent unopened by the committee to the Oireachtas legal adviser. Is that the case? As I understand it, the information may have been taken from the Garda PULSE system and the Commissioner has registered some concern that there may have been personal data on those files and that he has responsibility, in his opinion, for that data. Has the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Can we deal with this issue quickly and ask for an opinion to be given rather than wait until 22 January 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Pending the advice, will the Clerk to the Committee clarify that the personal data has not been compromised in any way? That is the critical issue. The documentation has gone straight to the counsel's office and we are awaiting their decision.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I would not like there to be any suggestion of compromised documentation, so it was worth clarifying that that was the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I would be very wary of any State body constructing a convention with regard to its appearance or non-appearance before an Oireachtas committee. That is the issue for me. The Central Bank's interpretation and definition of when and why its representatives should appear before an Oireachtas committee is questionable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: This is a question for the committee and also the public. It is very important, in the context of what has happened in this country in the past five or six years, that these bodies must be accountable to the Oireachtas. We must insist upon our mandate with regard to the appearance or non-appearance of representatives of State bodies. To use the Comptroller and Auditor General as a trapdoor...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: I think the Comptroller and Auditor General has answered the question very well. There is a clear responsibility in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General for credit institutions. I think we invited the director of credit institutions and insurance supervision to appear before us, if I am not mistaken. I think her name is Fiona Muldoon. She is the individual at the Central Bank...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Yes, I will rephrase that. This committee now has that kind of remit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: We should invite representatives from the office of the director of credit institutions and insurance supervision.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: Is the Chairman saying that the former Financial Regulator has offered to come in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: It is worth recapping on what has been said. We are dealing with public money. In the context of Newbridge Credit Union, that may be the case. I am saying that the taxpayer may, in some cases, be affected by this. What is more important, I understand it is the Comptroller and Auditor General's opinion, in the context of this committee's remit in this area and in terms of dealing directly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: In regard to the Garda Commissioner contacting the committee about the data or the letters sent to it-----

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Numbers (21 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons living here who received a contributory State pension or non-contributory State pension top-up from the Government, in addition to their UK pension payment in 2012. [50064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (19 Nov 2013)

John Deasy: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the range of agriculture-related courses available to prospective young farmers in each of the country's State-funded third level institutes, universities and colleges in the current 2013-14 academic year. [49470/13]