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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons outside of the State who were awarded the centenarian's bounty over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the citizen to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (5 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services; if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the HSE in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services arising from the transfer of oncology...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons awarded the centenarian bounty over the past five years, broken down by those who are resident abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28155/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the person to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment here on 31 December 2015 or on a single specific date in 2016; the numbers of these dialysis patients who were receiving home haemodialysis as outpatients, receiving in-centre haemodialysis, receiving peritoneal dialysis as outpatients, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a unit of blood administered in a public hospital here; the cost to the State of all blood administered in hospitals in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of all blood administered to patients during surgical procedures in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28206/16]

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

Peter Burke: I thank the Chairman.

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

Peter Burke: May I ask Mr. McCarthy to give a brief overview of the skillset of the personnel who are involved in this inquiry? Will he give us an idea of what private sector experience his staff have? The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned that the staff have been working on NAMA for a significant period and that they have significant audit experience. What other experience have they?

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

Peter Burke: Mr. McCarthy mentioned his role in auditing the health service. Would it be common for his office to engage experts in assessing difficult decisions within the health service which are made or on which it adjudicates?

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

Peter Burke: Would Mr. McCarthy accept that auditors are experts in accounting and audit and that it is quite common throughout the audit industry to use experts in areas like valuation of land and property and assessment of loan impairment values? It is a question of being sure the process they are undertaking is correct. Mr. McCarthy has made it reasonably clear in his report that there is a...

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

Peter Burke: I have another question about the relationship between the discount rate used in the report and the composition of assets. We are saying that a discount rate of 5.5%, which largely covers property in rural Northern Ireland and regional Britain, is equivalent to the rate that should be used to discount high-end property, shopping centres and property in central London. Does Mr. McCarthy not...

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

Peter Burke: Nevertheless, business risk is obviously going to be a component in valuing a discount rate. The cost of funds to a company is a key aspect-----

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

Peter Burke: In light of the business risk that is inherently present in the composition of the assets, and given the role of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in assessing these matters, does Mr. McCarthy not think it would have been prudent to tender for expertise? I know he has said he is looking for additional resources to assist his office in preparing a section 226 report.

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

Peter Burke: In light of the very specific nature of this analysis - it takes great expertise to assess a discount rate for a particular portfolio - does Mr. McCarthy agree that, in retrospect, it was a mistake not to engage an expert in this field?

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

Peter Burke: Does Mr. McCarthy believe his office had adequate time, on foot of the new information, to adjudicate on the new rate?

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

Peter Burke: Is Mr. McCarthy happy with the process he undertook in advance of making a clear statement that there has probably been a loss of £190 million? Given that this is such a complex area, it is a very significant figure for him to hang his hat on.