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Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: On any information Mr. Watt does not have to hand, I ask him to get it. I know Irish Water is Irish Water. He is dealing with capital projects. This document states that regarding Irish Water projects, €6.8 billion is direct Exchequer funding and €1.7 billion comes from Irish Water. The overwhelming majority is still coming from direct Exchequer funding.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We also need to consider the role of the regulator in this process because Irish Water is a regulated body.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Secretary General to consult TII and get a note back.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Finally, I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is fair enough. I will conclude this session here. I thank Mr. Watt and his officials for attending. We will suspend until 2 p.m. when we will deal with routine correspondence. We will then discuss our periodic report, which will be launched on Wednesday next at 11 a.m., in private session. The report, which covers our meetings during the period from September to December 2018, has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Having met the representatives from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform this morning, we now turn to the next item. Are the minutes of 28 February agreed and agreed to publish? Agreed. There are no matters arising that will not be dealt with in the course of the meeting. There are three categories of correspondence. The first relates to briefing documents and opening...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: It was 2006.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy is reading it rightly. The answer is that it is satisfied that no overpayment of rent has occurred.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: The discussion with the landlord did not happen recently or as a result of us raising the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: It said it was the former commissioner, so that is a while ago. The Deputy is right but because it is a 13 year old lease-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am talking about Galway.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Sorry. We are coming to Miesian Plaza. I said that when we were talking about Miesian Plaza, we asked if this issue had arisen anywhere else-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: It was highlighted in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General that it happened on a site in Galway 13 years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: With regard to the periodic report, we will come in strongly on the Miesian Plaza because it is more current. We will note and publish that. The next item is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 28 February, providing information requested by the committee on the costs of public tribunals. To the end of December 2018, the cost...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: No, that is a cumulative figure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is public tribunals, including Moriarty, Smithwick, Lindsay, Finlay and Mahon. That is an overall Government-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: He states that the figure for the tribunals of inquiry is €341 million, €28 million for commissions of investigation, €82 million for commissions to inquire and €5 million for reports. In 2018, the cost for public tribunals was €8 million, the commissions of investigation cost €4.3 million and the commissions to inquire cost €688,000. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Correct. We will note and publish that. The third category is correspondence from various individuals and other correspondence. Nos. 2020C, 2027C and 2028C are from a consultant rheumatologist and physician, dated 27 February and 2 March, on the selection of the site for the national children's hospital. Attached is a copy of an email sent to Deputy Micheál Martin. We will note...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is a fair point. No. 2022C, dated 19 February, is from an individual who has queried the employment of staff from outside the country by the Housing Agency. It is difficult to understand the point being made but we will note that. No. 2026C, dated 1 March, is correspondence from Ms Orla McBreen, director of the civil society and development education unit at the Department of Foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 300. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological report will be carried out on a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/19]