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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda clearance will be issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56571/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Retirements (18 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary inspectors who availed of the early retirement scheme earlier this year that are currently working for his Department on a contract/agency or other basis in meat factories and on farms; the amount of money paid to them since they took early retirement; the timescale for when this practice will end and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services (18 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56568/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (18 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health if an appeal for the reinstatement of home help service hours in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be reinstated to its original position before a review was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56658/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (18 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: To ask the Minister for Health when additional home help will be provided in respect of a person (details provided) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56672/12]

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Is Mr. Burgess saying that the NDFA will do this or is currently doing so?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Burgess said that the main contractor was required to certify that a sub-contractor had been paid. However, the problem arises where a sub-contractor engages another sub-contractor and so on. I suggest there is a need for a mechanism which ensures that any person who enters a site, whether that person is a contractor, a sub-contractor or anybody else, must supply his or her PPS number....

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: In response to the parliamentary question I mentioned earlier, the Minister said that "when a contract is awarded, the public authority must .... notify NERA and provide it with a copy of the form". He went on to say that "a dedicated email address" has been established in this regard and that "35 notifications have been provided to NERA to date [this year, presumably]". The number of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Essentially, was the figure of €105 million for the primary care units produced by the Department of Health?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will conclude with the observation -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I have no problem with primary care centres if they go that route. I have no objection in principle to that. All I am saying is that if the €105 million for the 20 primary care centres has come from the Department of Health, that is not a figure it can stand over. The Department has not produced a figure it can stand over in the past two years and I put the figure of €105...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Will it begin next year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: What I am saying about people's experience gels with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: This is my final point. The NDFA has signed a number of contracts and I have an important question to ask in the public interest in that regard. What measures does the NDFA take to ensure publicly-funded contracts are completed in accordance with the registered employment agreements, REA, tax and social welfare obligations and health and safety rules? What does the NDFA do to ensure that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: That is nonsense. It counts for nothing on a construction site to say the guys in head office have conducted a due diligence process. I am talking about a construction site for any project. The site might have 100 people, some of whom are on the dole, some of whom are not paid the REA rate and some of whom are not tax compliant. I have not mentioned unpaid sub-contractors and annual...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: I will answer about one specific project, one of the NDFA's flagship projects, a beautiful school completed in Portlaoise and two in Offaly. For the duration of that construction contract, some workers used to arrive in their good clothes every Thursday morning to be brought by bus to the North by the subcontractor to collect their social welfare. I have said this on the public record in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: In advance of the meeting the agency kindly supplied a briefing note on its up-to-date activities. The note refers to the stimulus package announced by the Government on 17 July. What is the agency's role in the package?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Fleming: Yes, its input into it.