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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: The Comptroller and Auditor General referred to the recommendation that the Department should review its project risk assessment procedures. Can Mr. Purcell update us on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I thank Mr. Purcell and his team for being here today. Obviously, we are talking about the casino in the meaning of Italian word as opposed to a place one would go to gamble, but it seems the Department might have been better taking the €3.3 million and going to a casino with it because, as the Comptroller and Auditor General's report has clearly stated, €3.3 million was spent...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: We wrote to Mr. Goulding because we were seeking the documentation which he believed would be of assistance to the committee and to which he had referred on a radio programme a number of months ago. The Chairman will recall that when the then board of the CRC and the HSE came before us, there were a number of missing pieces of correspondence, in particular the minutes of the remuneration...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I agree with everything said so far on this. With regard to missing information and the submission we received from Rehab on the coffin venture with Complete Eco Solutions, this week the committee received anonymous correspondence on an invoice from Complete Eco Solutions. The numbers simply do not tally. In her letter Ms Kerins stated there was a one-off purchase in 2010 of two containers...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: That is fine but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: There is an invoice for 528 coffins and Rehab was asked to pay one third upfront. What happened to the rest of the coffins? Ms Kerins is trying to state Rehab only bought two containers as a one off but there is more than double this on the invoice. If we are corresponding with Rehab we might send it this invoice and it might provide an explanation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (12 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the way many properties are registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if he will provide a breakdown of those numbers by county; the way many properties which are currently rented are not registered with the PRTB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12415/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the implementation plan for post codes here; if post codes will be required for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11570/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (11 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to a service provider (details supplied) in County Wicklow for school leavers in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11925/14]

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: That is grand.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Perhaps before Easter, if possible.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I might have missed it. Did we deal with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Have we published it?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Approximately two or three weeks ago we agreed that we wanted to hear from three section 38 organisations. One was St. Vincent's, another was the National Maternity Hospital and the last was St. Michael's House, which was at Deputy Dowds's suggestion. Roughly speaking, when do you envisage that happening?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I fully agree with Deputy McDonald. Whether the people were formally invited or not - they should have been - there is no way in hell they did not know they were required here. If they had read a daily newspaper, or if they were in the Houses at the time and looked at the monitors here, they would clearly have known what we were discussing. It is quite offensive to the committee that the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the rent allowance in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10377/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons being sent to the UK for mental health treatments which are not currently provided here; if he will provide a breakdown by year from 2010 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/14]

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013. I commend the Minister and the Government for continuing on the road to reforming the health service by disestablishing the HSE Vote and bringing it back within the Department of Health. The removal of political responsibility for the health service was one of the biggest mistakes to be made in...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Ms Kerins mentioned the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his comment that Rehab was more akin to a semi-State body. I heard that radio interview, in which he also asked when was a charity not a charity, when did it become a commercial entity and that, if one reached a point where a certain proportion of one's work was commercial, it was better to be called...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Is that review ongoing?