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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Even though the title of Mr. Gleeson's Department is Agriculture, Food and Marine, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland is not under it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General wishes to come in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. It is under our remit. I just thought that it would be in the Department of Food, Agriculture and Marine, but that is probably historic. The Department used to be the Department of Agriculture, but is now also Food and Marine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will the Department send us a note on the relationship or how the system works? I am not looking for the service level agreement or anything but just an information note. I wish to raise two other points. I was disappointed to see the figure in the accounts for grants to the organic sector. In 2016 is was €53.566 million and in 2017 it was €45.063 million, a reduction of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. It says the scheme is closed to new applicants. The Department is letting the old scheme run out or expire but why are there not new people coming onto it every year? Surely people want food that is produced organically. I know it can be more expensive and it may be a niche market but if the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine has stopped the scheme to encourage...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Was it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is the ballpark estimate for the coming year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Department would hope to build it up again. Mr. Gleeson might send a note on the old scheme and the new scheme. It jumped out at me to see that this, of all schemes, had been closed for a period.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Gleeson has been asked a few times about the fixed assets. He is going to say the Department is working on it but we know that. However, I find what is in front of us to be extraordinary. I am only talking about the office equipment and other machinery, not buildings or anything like that. There was a cost valuation of €233 million and depreciation of €221 million. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is it a decade's worth? It is several years' worth.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: To get that level of depreciation, we would have to be going back 50 to 70 years. Those figures are so old they are historic. Are other Departments showing similar issues?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: People might think it is just about tidying up a register. A register should ultimately link into the financial statement. It should be possible to reconcile them. I would say to the Comptroller and Auditor General that if this is an issue across the board, we may have to take it up with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and we may want to have periodic reports arising from...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are going back 25 or 30 years. I have made my point. Once we got into that conversation and I looked at the figures, I found them even more strange. We want to finalise things now. Members have gone to vote and we have asked for questions. I thank the witnesses from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, who got off...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Collection (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is charged on carbon tax that is included on domestic gas bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25889/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Insurance Fraud (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on establishing a central Garda resource specifically tasked with investigating fraudulent cases involving insurance claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25873/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Applications (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a submission by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children with cerebral palsy in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25892/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (19 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 186. To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be provided to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25708/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (18 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a person in circumstances (details supplied) who is seeking an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding approved and or made available for the purchase of properties for school purposes in County Laois in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25564/19]