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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)

Gerald Nash: Would the Secretary General agree it has not been the Department's finest hour?

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)

Gerald Nash: How was that not anticipated? It is right next door to a well-known national monument. This would have come within the purview of someone in the Department of Justice and Equality but either was ignored or someone was negligent and simply decided it was not an issue and it would proceed anyway. In fairness, Dublin City Council would have been aware of this as well.

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)

Gerald Nash: Is it the case it never came up in discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality? Did Dublin City Council not ever state its belief that its line Department might have an issue with this project, because it is responsible for national monuments? The council is a planning authority that gave the Part 8 permission but it never anticipated this. It really is an unfortunate comedy of...

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)

Gerald Nash: It was held up by a bunch of trees and the locations in which trees and shrubs might go.

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)

Gerald Nash: I will stop the Secretary General. Clearly, there are significant developments in the offing. The first meeting of the review group is taking place today, which is to be welcomed. There is urgency about issues surrounding the appropriate serving of summons. According to the Garda Inspectorate's report, €7.5 million in fines revenue was forgone. The matter should be pursued...

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)

Gerald Nash: Perhaps Mr. Purcell has figures for the numbers of cases taken on by the Insolvency Service of Ireland.

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)

Gerald Nash: There is quite a significant figure of €2.7 million allocated under a non-pay heading for the establishment of the Insolvency Service of Ireland. Is Mr. Purcell in a position to inform the committee, for example, of the level of external consultancies taken on by the Department or the insolvency service when it was being set up? A sum of €2.7 million under a non-pay heading...

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)

Gerald Nash: I will move on to the Magdalen fund which was established to facilitate the making of ex-gratiapayments to those who were in those institutions some time ago. How many applications have been made to date to the fund to access ex-gratiapayments? How many formal offers have been accepted and how many payments have issued to date to the women concerned?

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)

Gerald Nash: Can Mr. Purcell remind me what was set aside for this ex-gratiapayment scheme?

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)

Gerald Nash: Of which more than €8 million has been accessed at this stage.

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)

Gerald Nash: At one stage, there were discussions on setting up a dedicated unit and having a hotline for those who wished to find out information on how to access the scheme. Has this been instituted at this stage?

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)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Purcell has mentioned ongoing issues in relation to health care. Can he be more explicit about what this involves and what the concerns are?

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)

Gerald Nash: I welcome Mr. Purcell and his colleagues, and also the officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, to the committee. As the witnesses will the aware, this committee has been examining the issue of penalty points and fixed-charge penalty notice cancellations for some time. I think it is fair to say from our own examination of the issue that confidence in the justice...

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)

Gerald Nash: What is the timeframe involved given, that there is an urgency in respect of this issue on foot of the reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and the Garda Síochána Inspectorate? There is a need to restore the confidence that has lost in the system recently due to the consistent breaches of policy uncovered by the Garda inspectorate, which is detailed in the...

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)

Gerald Nash: Can you be specific? Which recommendations are already under way?

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

Gerald Nash: I am quite astonished at the scant information we received. We have been waiting nigh on two weeks for this information. It is not necessarily informed by the fact Rehab officials could not locate the information; it is more informed by them finding the best way to present it to minimise the damage done to the organisation. I wish to move onto the consultancy work Mr. Flannery did for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (13 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants receiving rent supplement payments in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12582/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (13 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and the National Transport Authority will seek to have Dunleer train station reopened to serve communities in the mid-Louth area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/14]

Topical Issues: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for his detailed response. I am aware that the numbers awaiting admission have reduced dramatically in the past 24 hours. It is due to the work of nursing staff, doctors and hospital management that these serious inroads are being made. Earlier today I contacted the INMO to arrange a meeting to discuss this problem, which concerns the wider community in Drogheda,...

Topical Issues: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (12 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: The situation in the accident and emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda requires the immediate attention of the HSE and the Department of Health. The Minister will know from our various conversations over the past three years that I am proud of my local hospital. I am proud of its staff and I know the staff quite rightly take great pride in the service they...