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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. Daly made a magnanimous gesture in the sense that he said the committee or the Comptroller and Auditor General could meet the board members and find out about the decision-making on this sale. If he is offering that now, why could that information not have been available at the time?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Why was a contemporaneous note not taken? Surely that would have been an elementary thing to do.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: That is unfortunate because it would go to the crux of the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (29 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the Thornhill report on property tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27541/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Professor Pollock for her very interesting presentation. As we know, health is not only the absence of illness. What does the NHS do to promote or cultivate health as opposed to fighting disease? Are there specific programmes and initiatives around that?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Universal Health Care and the NHS: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I am wondering whether there are any initiatives or programmes that the NHS has undertaken or that it promotes relating to cultivating health as opposed simply to fighting disease.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (28 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 58. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner and policing forum will consider the 2016 census figures which show a population increase of 2,362 in the Stepaside-Glencullen area when considering suitable stations for reopening on a pilot basis; when a decision on which stations have been selected will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (28 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the murder of a person (details supplied) and statistics which show that 50% of women who are victims of homicide are killed by their partner or former partner, she will prioritise the publication of the domestic violence Bill 2016 and the ratification of the Istanbul Convention to combat domestic violence against women; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (27 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the plan to rezone part of the site of the Hammond Lane, Smithfield, Dublin will cause delays in the development of the family and child court complex scheduled for completion in 2020; the steps being taken to prevent any possible delays in the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27527/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (27 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners intend to review charging taxpayers seeking assistance on revenue lo-call numbers; the rates that are charged to customers who use the low call numbers in the Revenue Commissioners; his views on whether it is appropriate that taxpayers making general queries regarding paying tax should pay these charges; and if this is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Children and Family Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health when the provisions of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 dealing with donor assisted human reproduction will commence; the timeframe envisaged until these provisions are operational; his views on whether the non-commencement of this section is a matter of serious concern to many same-sex couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the set price for a meningitis B vaccine and the person or body which set this price; if this vaccine is available for free; if there is a mechanism to have this vaccine provided for free; if he will consider making this vaccine available for free for all children in high risk category under six years of age; if he will review the cost of this vaccine; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 857. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding broadband in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27002/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: That is me told. I have only one observation or question. I am not sure if it should be directed to Mr. McCarthy or Mr. Watt. I thank them for their helpful presentations. When we look at anything like this, we have to learn from past mistakes. Although there was general compliance with the Department guidelines, obviously there was a notable exception when we look at the chief...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: And some way of communicating with people so they will be aware of the rules, perhaps through their code of conduct.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the Central Bank representatives for the presentation. It occurs to me that there was an unprecedented level of recruitment, but it is precisely because of this that the policy should have been looked at, perhaps, before a recruitment process was put in place. It is done now, but I would have thought it would have happened and that it would have triggered a check in the ordinary...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that but when an organisation is expanding, it is something to be mindful of.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: The report can throw light on other internal mechanisms within the Central Bank. The bank can use it as groundwork for the future.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Lawyers receive many faxes as well. I thank the Professor Courtney and Dr. Fawsitt-----

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: -----for their presentation, which was very interesting and comprehensive . Their answers to the questions have clarified many questions I had intended to pose. From a broader general perspective, I am interested in the Carlow-Kilkenny model. There is much to recommend it.Vis-à-vis the rural-urban divide and in general terms, would our guests foresee see any difficulty in facilitating...