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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: That includes shareholding in all the banks as well.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I want to come back on an issue I raised relating to dividends from State companies. The figure has decreased substantially in the past five years. Is there an explanation for that? What is the expectation over the coming three years? Is there a particular reason it has literally come down by more than 50%?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: It is a fairly substantial reduction.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: The question of servicing of the State debt was touched on earlier. The figure was €209 billion at the end of December 2019. It will now be up to €220 billion. Will there be a substantial increase? We are obviously going to have to pay back capital as well as interest. What likely change will arise in respect of same?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2019
Chapter 17 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (5 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Can we get a breakdown of the figures for each of the years?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I seek clarification on a point. If a contract is entered into by a Department, there is the issue of procurement. Are we now saying we cannot look at that process until such time as the accounts for the end of the year are produced?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I just want clarification to get my own-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Is it not the argument that if I have entered into a contract, there is now a legally binding agreement there? If I have an issue about how the process was dealt with, is that not what the Committee of Public Accounts is about? Is it not about ensuring that proper procedures and proper mechanisms were used in arriving at a decision on awarding a contract? Is the Chair now telling me I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: Taking the example of the children's hospital and money spent in 2018 and 2019, in what way is the Committee of Public Accounts limited in examining that area because the money has been already expended?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: There is a difference between bringing in the children's hospital and departmental officials and bringing in the Department of Education on the issue of calculated grades. The difficulty in regard to the calculated grades is that there are court proceedings in train but I am not aware of any difficulty in regard to the children's hospital, unless there is an aspect of it that cannot be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: An endorsement stays on a person's licence for a number of years. If someone does not surrender his or her licence and goes to renew it, the endorsement then begins from the issue of that new licence. There is a great disadvantage to not handing in one's licence. Unless people can renew their licences in some other way, when they go for renewal the endorsement period will begin with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: I am open to correction on what I have said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: High-dependency is the big argument. The HSE is aware of the high-dependency rate in the public nursing homes. The issue with private nursing homes is that the HSE tends to not want to know because the private nursing homes want remuneration under the fair deal scheme to increase where a patient is deemed to be high-dependency. That issue has not been resolved and has been going on for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the period of time will be extended for taxis to be registered and issued with taxi licences in cases where the vehicles were imported prior to 28 February 2020, but it has not been possible to register them due to Covid before the six year rule for registration applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the venesection charge of €80 per treatment for haemochromatosis patients charged by some hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for haemochromatosis patients that cannot access their essential venesection treatments in hospitals in view of the fact that many patients have had their venesection treatments cancelled or postponed indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of general practitioners that provide venesection services for haemochromatosis patients in view of the fact that haemochromatosis patients that have had their treatment cancelled or postponed in hospitals may have difficulty in accessing a list of general practitioners that provide these services (details supplied); and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if population screening for haemochromatosis will be implemented in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if haemochromatosis will be added to the list of chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (4 Nov 2020)

Colm Burke: 149. To ask the Minister for Health when work on the establishment of the national medicines agency is due to commence as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34113/20]