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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the zero VAT rate on food supplements which is in the Irish legislation will continue; if the concession introduced in recent times not to have 23% VAT rate for food supplements be withdrawn in view of the fact that there was never a 23% VAT rate based on a freedom of information e-mail prepared by the VAT interpretation branch,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date of an assessment of the caseload of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; when it will be received by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulations that have been introduced in relation to the safeguarding of ammunition in respect of shotguns and the requirement for them to be kept in a locked box in vehicles when they are not on the property of the owner; the consultation and the organisations that were involved in the discussions prior to these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bankruptcy Data (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 84 and 85 of 6 September, the number of families the lost their homes as a result of bankruptcies which were initiated by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied) and in which the official assignee,which is a function of the Insolvency Service of Ireland, dealt with these matters in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction on making FreeStyle Libre available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the subsequent changes that were introduced including the introduction of the 125km rule was made via a statutory instrument or through another mechanism further to the review of the fallen animal TSE subsidy scheme undertaken in 2013; if so, the name and website link of the statutory instrument. [40194/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1808 to 1810, inclusive, of 6 September 2019 in respect of large debts owed to her Department from customers, if the figures can be further broken down in respect of the number of cases; the amount outstanding in respect of which payment arrangements are in place; the number and value...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Office of Public Works Projects (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ongoing position regarding discussions between the Office of Public Works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40208/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Office of Public Works Projects (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: 370. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in relation to the consideration of an analysis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40207/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General who is a permanent witness at the committee. He is joined by Ms Maureen Mulligan, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Deering. We will hold the minutes over until next week. I wish to raise an item arising from last week's meeting, the seeking of additional information. We have discussed it, but we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: It sounds like the subject of a special report, but we will-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps we could give a project to the Library and Research Service on our behalf. I am sure they are busy people but we do not trouble them very often. We will ask the secretariat what the options are. We cannot do the heavy lifting ourselves, though Mr. McCarthy has done some work on it. We will formalise that at a later stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Have the 2018 accounts for the paediatric hospital board been completed yet?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps Mr. McCarthy could find out during the course of the morning. I propose that its most recent audited accounts come back before us. We will put it in our work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Great. I saw that a new chief officer was appointed to the board in recent weeks. It was not a chief executive officer but a chief officer. We would like to get all the costs that are out there and that have not been made clear to us to date. We will move onto category A documents, briefing documents and opening statements for today's meeting. Correspondence No. 2390 A, dated 20...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: They have given the breakdown by region. They should have it by county so we will ask. There is a phenomenal amount of double counting here. They say they have assisted companies supported by SBCI projects amounting to 148,000 people. There were probably 148,000 people there before they gave them a loan or grant. If IDA Ireland approves 200 jobs in a place where there are already 2,000...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Absolutely. I am really just saying these are the total employment figures for companies that had some contact with and support from SBCI, not necessarily the figures for jobs initiated or supported by SBCI. The figure is just for total employment in the areas in question. We will seek the information on a county-by-county basis.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have a problem publishing this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: There are two other issues. We got the organisation's financial statements in the Oireachtas. It did not do very much. It had a very limited number of transactions and a very limited number of loans to a very limited number of organisations. There were a couple of big transactions. When we asked about the employee numbers, it was said to us that employee data are gathered in two ways,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is not their job.