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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I wish to deal now with some issues relating to the State Claims Agency and the establishment of the legal costs unit. I have been arguing for some time that such an approach should be taken. Am I correct in stating that this unit will deal with third-party costs from the Mahon and Moriarty tribunals and, potentially, those from the Smithwick tribunal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: The legal costs unit has not yet been set up on a statutory basis. Is it the case that it is intended to establish it on such a basis?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: There have been massive third-party legal costs relating to tribunal investigations into graft and corruption in public life. In that context, there has been a legitimate public outcry regarding the level of payments made to barristers who - in my opinion, this is a reflection on the tribunals - were carrying out their investigations at a very leisurely pace. They clocked up massive legal...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: When will the unit be up and running and when will it have the resources required to allow it to address the issues to which I refer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I presume that a team of forensic accountants and other professionals is going to be engaged to examine the bills of costs submitted by barristers engaged in tribunal work. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: Will Mr. Breen explain the difference between the system that is going to apply in the context of the legal costs unit and that which has obtained in recent years? When a bill of costs is submitted to the State Claims Agency at present, who is responsible for examining it? What types of saving are being targeted? What will make it different? What is the great innovation with the unit and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (22 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent staff the expenditure on agency staff amounts to within the Health Service Executive and public health service broken down by separate grades and function in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52011/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I have two or three specific points to make in respect of the Congo and Gaza. I warmly welcome the Tánaiste's comments on additional resources being made available to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, the director general of which members met recently. Deputy Durkan and I met informally with the chief field medical officer, Dr. Mohammad Maqadma, and I understand other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I congratulate the collaboration between Mr. King and RTE on the series and, in particular, the recent programme. RTE often gets abused unfairly. In this instance we have a strong representation of public service broadcasting at its best. The programme raised awareness for me as a member of this committee of the complexity and extent of the problem in the Congo and the region in general....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (21 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in 2011 from the domicile levy; the amount raised in each year since the introduction of same; the number of persons who have paid the levy each year since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51696/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities and Voluntary Organisations (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review plans to wind down the charitable lotteries scheme; his views on whether he will oblige the successful applicant for the State's lottery licence to provide resources to organisations currently supported under the charitable lotteries scheme by way of a clause in, or condition under the licence regime; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Disorder (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when he will approve a package of measures to support young persons with narcolepsy who had been vaccinated against swine flu with pandemrix; if he will engage with the representative of an organisation (details supplied) in advance of the approval of any package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the terms of the Neary redress scheme as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50846/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Review (20 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the decision not to award a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51057/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (14 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been in contact with his counterpart in the UK in view of the British Government's National Audit Office complaints in relation to the risks to the public outlined in a recent examination of the management of 50 year old storage ponds at the British Nuclear Fuels Limited facility at Sellafield; the precise nature of...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: As a citizen, a member of my local credit union and a Member of this House, I very much welcome the opportunity to make a contribution to the debate on this extremely important legislation. It might be self-evident for all of us in the House, but it is no exaggeration to say that the provisions of the Bill impinge on the lives and economic prospects of hundreds of thousands of people right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Misappropriation of Irish Aid Funds in Uganda: Discussion with Irish Aid (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I wish to interject. Are these officials political appointees or civil servants, as we understand the term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Misappropriation of Irish Aid Funds in Uganda: Discussion with Irish Aid (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the witnesses. The swiftness and efficacy of their response has probably mitigated against any potential damage that could have been done to Irish Aid and that must be acknowledged. We are all very supportive of the work of Irish Aid. We are talking here, in general terms, about officials from the OPM. Can the witnesses say with any certainty, at this stage of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending for a year the mortgage relief measures announced in Budget 2012 in view of the fact that we are only just starting to see the beginning of a possible recovery in the property market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (13 Nov 2012)

Gerald Nash: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if recruitment to an Garda Síochána will be opened up in 2013; if the current applicant panel will be used to recruit new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49796/12]