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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. In terms of the Garda College, as much as €12 million was spent between 2012 and 2014. In terms of flavour, what would be the big driver for that expenditure, particularly as there was an embargo on recruitment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: The number of banks accounts have been reduced from 40 down to nine. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: How many are active at the moment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: The four are active at the moment. In terms of the financing of those four and with regard to the question of funds, what is the balance between public funds and private funds?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: It is all public funds at this stage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 12 - Management of Ancillary Services at the Garda Training College (23 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant for a school (details supplied) in County Longford will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49500/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: I welcome all the representatives here today to discuss the Bill. Concerns were raised about the content of the Bill when the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, attended the committee. There was some ambiguity surrounding what is currently required from local representatives and what is outlined in the Bill. It seemed there was no understanding that there would be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding has been allocated in budget 2018 for an eel fisheries hardship scheme; and if so, if a proposed scheme has been devised. [49047/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when funding can be drawn down for an eel fisheries hardship fund; the way in which funds will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49048/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a work permit delay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 4 July 2017, his plans to fill the vacant Garda posts in the Edgeworthstown district (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48725/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to make urgent repairs to a health centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48854/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Judicial Reviews (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support available under the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 to fund a defence for a named party in a judicial review in relation to section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49268/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a person can claim compensation under section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2010 in respect of a reduction in size of an original planning permission for a quarry and loss of income regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (16 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 10 October 2017, if an application for a Revenue Commissioners EII grant by a company (details supplied) in County Longford can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48515/17]

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: I congratulate Deputy Ring on his elevation to a very important portfolio in the Cabinet. I share a rural constituency with the Acting Chairman and we know the importance of having a Minister with responsibility for rural affairs. The Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, has also been of huge assistance to us in successfully securing Cullion fish farm in our constituency. I see clearly that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if cover will be provided by carers on bank holidays and Christmas holidays for a person (details supplied). [48336/17]

Other Questions: Creative Ireland Programme (14 Nov 2017)

Peter Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support her Department is providing to local authorities in order to improve access and increase participation in arts and culture at a local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47866/17]