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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Simon Harris: I thank Mr. Watt and his team for attending and the comprehensive overview he gave of his Department's work. By any fair, objective measure, his Department is doing a good job. We can see in yesterday's Exchequer figures, in the context of the spending profile and the Ombudsman legislation, a solid effort to keep spending under control and reform access to information, which should be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Simon Harris: Has the Department of Health or the HSE informed Mr. Watt or his Department that they will not achieve €150 million in savings this year? I read on 19 September in The Irish Times that they had.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Simon Harris: As of today, is it still Mr. Watt's expectation that under the Haddington Road agreement, the HSE will achieve a figure of €150 million in savings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process (3 Oct 2013)

Simon Harris: A number of service providers for people with intellectual disabilities come within the remit of the agreement and they do not have a difficulty with this. However, the media have reported in recent weeks on a scenario where the HSE, in a desperate effort to deliver the €150 million in savings, is, wrongly or erroneously, applying the agreement to these disability organisations. I...

Other Questions: Medical Card Numbers (26 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: On the question of medical cards being reviewed and potentially withdrawn, I wish to draw to the Minister of State's attention to an issue that some farmers are experiencing. They have an income level whereby they are not eligible for tax, yet the HSE demands that they produce audited accounts. It is demanding a higher burden of proof than Revenue does. Will the Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (24 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding which has been allocated by his Department for works to connect an area to the public sewerage network (details supplied) in County Wicklow, will remain available if the local authority does not manage to complete the works by the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39185/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister for his helpful reply, which gives us clarity about the issue that was not available until the provision of these figures. I take his point about geography and qualifications. It is important that we have people in the correct places with the appropriate skill set. We need to examine prevention and the promotion of positive mental health. While it is not the...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to join Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan in seeking clarity on the issue of mental health funding and an update from the Minister for Health on the delivery of community-based mental health services. I recognise the Minister's commitment and thank him for being in the House to deal with this most serious issue. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan has already outlined how serious...

Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: Deputy Martin should debate that one.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his response to a recent study showing that a county (details supplied) has the highest number of children per classroom in the country; the actions he will take to rectify this matter and reduce class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38073/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of additional classroom facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38054/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provision of additional classroom facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow [38055/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the current status of a planned extension for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the number of additional classrooms and other facilities this extension will provide; the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38056/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to replace prefabs at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow with permanent classrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38057/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the delivery of a new second level school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the investment his Department is making in the provision of this new school; the timeline for construction and delivery of this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38058/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Wicklow will have a specific facility, unit and or classrooms for students with special educational need to assist in ensuring that they can be educated in their own community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38072/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on plans for a new second level school for an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the status of the patronage process; when he expect patronage to be awarded; when he expects a site to be identified for this school; the timeline for the delivery of this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department has provided to increase classroom capacity, provide school extensions or build new schools at both primary and secondary level in an area (detailed supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 broken down for each school or school project; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any investment by his Department in school extensions, new school buildings or prefab replacement in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the years 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of these projects by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Sep 2013)

Simon Harris: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any investment by his Department in school extensions, new school buildings or prefab replacement in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the years 2011, 2012 and to date 2013; if he will provide a breakdown of these projects by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38069/13]