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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: They sneaked in already.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Could the witnesses send us a note on the type of funding available and where funding was made available, and also the areas where it is up to Iarnród Éireann, possibly working in conjunction with a local authority, as is sometimes the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are finished with our questions. I thank Ms Graham and all her officials for attending. I also thank the officials from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Comptroller and Auditor General and his officials. It is agreed that the clerk will seek any follow-up information required and take any other necessary action. At our next meeting, we will meet representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will sign an international treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40675/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some third level education courses that are eligible for tax relief have a €1,500 disregard in respect of amounts spent on fees which is not eligible for tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40676/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pre-tender stage of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appropriate person to contact in his Department regarding a document (details supplied) in respect of a family that has children with special needs in different schools and have difficulty in taking their children to and from school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will make contact with a person in respect of the recommendation from his Department that the person (details supplied) will be given a refugee declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will make contact with a person in respect of the recommendation from his Department that the person (details supplied) will be given a refugee declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40644/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a replacement for the transport grant for disabled drivers which was abolished five years ago; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40696/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be ensured for dementia services provided by county in the health spending Estimates for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee. He is joined by Ms Orla Duane, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Shane Cassells. Are the minutes of 19 September agreed? Agreed. No matters arise from those minutes. We shall now deal with correspondence. There are three...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It was a summary.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: CervicalCheck was not on the risk register for the HSE until the court case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is not scheduled yet. There are two points we need to take up on the two different topics. One, what it calls occasional staff. The university says that most of them are postgraduates. We are going to ask about the 1,394 figure it gave and how many of those are in receipt of payment for more than one year, two years, three years and four years? If we find 95% of them were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: However, if we find in that bracket that there are some people on that arrangement year in, year out, that is the issue we need to examine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Finding out how long each of those have been in receipt of an occasional arrangement will give us an indication how many are permanently on it. Following up on Deputy Catherine Murphy’s point, the university said it will affect its capacity for research and knowledge transfer. We want the university to give us an information note on the research and knowledge transfer activity for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is something we will keep an eye on. We can ask the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about this as I assume it sets the policy in this regard.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We have agreed that. The first thing is the three years and what it said in its governance statement in the annual accounts. If it gets a transcript of this discussion, it will understand why we are asking these questions.