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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Dollard has spent the last three hours telling us that it did not do the job properly and that the Preferred Results report could not rely on its figures.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Dollard has spent three hours telling us that the system in place is not fit for purpose-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: -----and that it could not be relied upon. He is now saying that the rationale for letting the club continue operating the system is that it has always done so. If it was not doing a good job, it should not be in the equation.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I said "if" it was not doing a good job. Mr. Dollard seems to believe that it cannot provide any remotely reliable evidence for the industry. He said they were assumptions made by the company, Preferred Results limited. There is nothing that could be relied upon.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I believe the Department should run such a system itself rather than rely on a voluntary club. There is no accountability.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will Dr. Smyth send us a detailed note on why this system is proposed, who will operate it and how the Oireachtas can be satisfied that this new process is the right way to go? He has said the Department is at the final stages of drafting statutory instruments and that it will probably be moving on soon. He has to convince us and satisfy us that this is a verifiable, safe process for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does Dr. Smyth understand my concern?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am a layman in this area so I can understand if I am not getting it right. We will wait and see. I thank the witnesses from Bord na gCon and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for their attendance and the information provided today. I thank also the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff. Is it agreed that the clerk to the committee will seek any follow up...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy for clarifying that matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is even better again. It is on the record. The meeting is adjourned until Thursday, 26 September 2019 when we will meet the Data Protection Commissioner on the commission's financial statements for 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income a couple with joint assessment can earn without being subject to income tax in circumstances in which both parties are under 65 years of age; the position in circumstances in which one party is under 65 years of age and the other is over 65 years of age; the amounts by which there is a PAYE allowance available to one or other of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bankruptcy Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bankruptcies initiated by the Revenue Commissioners; the number of adjudications in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the combined tax debts in respect of such bankruptcies in each year; the amount subsequently recovered in each period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bankruptcy Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases following on from bankruptcies initiated by the Revenue Commissioners in which a person or a family lost their home in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on introducing a public accountability act providing for individual public servants to be held accountable for their actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of permanent status for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35444/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding acquiring a permanent site and discussions with his Department in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35445/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 28 May 2019 will be supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34953/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 466 and 549 of 8 May 2019, the position regarding the assessment of the caseload of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal which was due to be finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34979/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (6 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: 825. To ask the Minister for Health when medicine will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34872/19]