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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Is there an AGM?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: And who votes?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Okay. Not to be pedantic, but who are the members? Who are the electors?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Are there ten of them, or a hundred or a thousand?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Okay. I genuinely think this is important, because in researching for today I found it quite difficult to get my head around it. How many members are on the board of the CRC? I have a list, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: So there are 13 members of the board at its full composition-----

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: -----and there are nine members currently serving.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: The reason-----

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Yes, please do.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: That is very welcome, because some of the people I have been talking to in recent days are parents of clients of the CRC who are obviously, understandably, worried. To me it seems absurd that there would not be a representative of the clients, or the parent group of clients, on the board of governors.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: They should have seen it already.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Gaza following comments made by the UN Humanitarian Co-Ordinator on 1 November 2013 regarding the need for urgent action to address the looming humanitarian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of foreign direct investment that has taken place in a county (details supplied) over the past five years, broken down by year; the companies that have made such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to re-evaluate the rent allowance limits in view of the current rental market; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that rents in an area (details supplied) are 4.4% higher in the third quarter of 2013 than they were the previous year, according to a daft.ie rental report; if she will re-examine rental limits in the county on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 78. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement may be paid to a person living in a mobile home in a fixed location; her Department's policy in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53185/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (10 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public servants or civil servants receive any additional remuneration for serving on a board or for holding any position in any organisation or association which receives public funding and which they attend during their working day; his position on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53036/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulatory Authority Staff (5 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on resources allocated to the Property Services Regulatory Authority; the timeline in which a person should expect a complaint submitted to the PRSA to be adjudicated upon; if his attention has been drawn to any delays in addressing complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52431/13]

Topical Issue Debate: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Of all the responses to Topical Issues that I have received in this House, that is the most comprehensive and encouraging. I thank the Minister of State very much for his commitment to this area and I welcome the launch of the consultation phase on the new digital strategy for schools. The approach he is taking in bringing partners and stakeholders to the table is the correct one. We...