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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Regarding the last issue, I was intrigued to read on page 27 a statement about An Post which referred to the An Post National Lottery Company no longer trading and being in voluntary liquidation. That occurred when the licence was sold. How did that process conclude? Where did the residual unclaimed prizes in the national lottery end up when the company was wound up? There is some dispute...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask that a detailed note be sent to the committee on that issue. I am raising the matter because it is mentioned in this financial statement. We would like details concerning how the An Post National Lottery Company was wound up and what happened to the unclaimed prizes. There is disagreement about these issues.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am talking about the wind-up of the An Post National Lottery Company and the transfer of the final balance.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is why I am asking for this information. I know this issue was mentioned previously. It is nothing to do with the new licenceholder, Camelot, which is not covered by the remit of this committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask for that note to be provided to the committee with the details of how the winding up process worked out and what difficulties were encountered at the end of the process. I thank all of the witnesses from the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for attending and for the information provided. Some small points have to be clarified in writing to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications for discharge from the Defence Forces that took in excess of four months to be completed in 2018; the number on hand in which the process has not been completed within four months of the application date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23103/19]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Taoiseach for attending. Much of the information he provided relates to issues I want to raise with him. I want to make one or two positive suggestions. The first concerns Project Ireland 2040, in respect of which there is a capital expenditure plan worth €140 billion. The level of the national debt was so severe a few years ago it led to our establishing the National...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I wish to raise two other points relating to public confidence and accountability in the spending of taxpayers' money. Having been Minister for Health, the Taoiseach will be very familiar with the section 38 and section 39 organisations. They expend about €5 billion of taxpayers' money annually. There is no public accountability because they are not directly accountable to the...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Once the HSE passes the money on, it is outside our remit. That is the issue.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: So would I.

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are agreed on the principle anyway.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke with his Canadian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22314/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW spent on the refurbishment of Garda stations in the Laois Garda division in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times he has met formally with each chief executive officer and or chairperson or equivalent in each State agency under the remit of his Department to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána spent on the replacement of Garda batons for the public order units in 2017, 2018 and to date in the 2019, in tabular form; the length of the batons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing five extra double horse boxes for the Garda mounted unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked motorbikes allocated to the roads policing unit in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number that were removed from the roads policing unit during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22319/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost if the budget of An Garda Síochána for small capital works to Garda stations increased by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22320/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 259. To ask the Minister for Health when services for persons with disabilities between 60 and 65 years of age will be provided in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (28 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of community mental health nurses in each region nationally; the number available in each region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22547/19]