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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 (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: Essentially, you were trying to make the carrying value work towards the 10% discount.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: That is how it appears.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: That would be explicitly driven by the rent or income-generating capacity of the assets.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: In arriving at that figure, was there no look past 2016?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: It is better safe than sorry.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will go to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31587/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading period by an extra two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31653/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are supports available to help local authorities and persons obtain CPOs to buy vacant and derelict key sites for residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32012/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regeneration Projects Funding (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding for the village renewal scheme is to be increased in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31500/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a procedure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the placement of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in community care as previously advised by a Minister of State in June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32150/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grant application system will open; the supports in place to assist small clubs complete their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32016/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (25 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 618. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered renting block O or block P of Columb Barracks, Mullingar to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32137/16]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the action plan for rural development and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31139/16]

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I welcome the announcement in A Programme for a Partnership Government of a new Department with the Minister at the helm that will have a renewed focus on making rural Ireland more sustainable. It is very important to mirror the action plan for jobs and have a number of key targets set out clearly with clear timelines for implementation. I would be grateful if the Minister could provide an...

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I would be grateful if the Minister would set out how much funding will be available for the action plan for rural development. I note that there has been significant investment in greenways and sustainable projects in my constituency of Longford-Westmeath. The Minister of State, Deputy Ring, will be aware of our sports capital grants. It is very important that we continue this but in a...

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I welcome the response. I think we are approaching this in the correct manner in having an action plan. Finea in County Westmeath has faced huge challenges. The huge Mr. Crumb factory is located there and cannot get sufficient broadband, which is a huge challenge for it. We need to do the things we spoke about such as a co-ordinated plan to ensure we encourage sustainable employment in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the staff of the Department for presenting their response to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Obviously, the Department is a major spending Department. I wish to focus on a few of the areas that the Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn attention to. When one adopts a sense of materiality within the whole Department, some areas can seem more concerning than...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: There is no detail on the charge for staff time during the implementation of the system.