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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: To expand on that, can Mr. Kelly give me assurance that the returns are up to date for those tax heads? If he was doing an interim report, I would imagine he would have asked for this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I want to be respectful here but perhaps there is a huge difference in how auditing is done in the public sector. I know that potentially internal audits might not be as robust. On taxation, I would have thought that, for argument's sake, that if one was doing an interim audit, one would get a statement from Revenue for each of those tax numbers. It is a very simple thing. It takes about...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: That looks worse for him. I cannot understand this. We have an internal report. We are hanging our hat on the major discrepancies in accounts, the major balances where the private accountant said there was concern regarding cash, and we do not have a statement from the Revenue Commissioners as part of our audit work. Is that not an unbelievable set of events for an internal auditor?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Is Revenue not a big ticket item?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: But it is upholding the law?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: It is critical that there is compliance with Revenue, if compliance and a standard is set for the public. Payment of all is one of the most important issues to be assured. We are talking about over €400,000 that accumulated in the bar. As we know, VAT is a transaction tax. To amass that type of money over the years suggests there was a significant level of turnover. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (31 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to provide lifesaving medication to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26192/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I remind the Deputy that witnesses from the Central Bank are in next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: Will Brexit impact on the capital markets, bearing in mind the dominance in that regard of London? On the capital markets unions, CMU, flagship initiative by the EU, what will be the likely outcome of that initiative?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if exceptions can be made to a Revenue Commissioners rule stating that tax cannot be claimed back for an adapted car for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who had two previous appointments cancelled. [25321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (30 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 470. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to send an official from his Department to attend a group's (details supplied) annual conference in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I commend the witnesses on their comprehensive presentations. I ask them to expand on the lack of robust safeguards to ensure data privacy. For example, there are no penalties in the draft legislation for breaches of data privacy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: There has been a media debate about the definition of "disclosure" under the legislation. It has attracted some attention. Do the witnesses have any concerns about the lack of a definition of "disclosure" in the Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: I understand the legislation was initially drafted in 2014. Are we happy that it is still fit for purpose? Does it still fulfil what it needs to fulfil? Are there any issues in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: The suggestion is that a decision on that matter is it being left for European legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: We have been there.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request an update from An Garda Síochána regarding the current number of personnel serving Edgeworthstown Garda station, in view of the deficit in staff due to long-term sick leave which is not being represented in official figures for the station and which is causing a dangerous situation due to lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí allocated to Mullingar Garda station and all Garda stations in counties Longford and Westmeath; her plans for future allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (23 May 2017)

Peter Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way in which fraud is being tackled in his Department; the number of persons he has sanctioned to investigate claims; the number of licensed investigators that are operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/17]