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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) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: For clarity, when Ms Feehily refers to her previous attendances at the committee, she means as head of Revenue.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Absolutely. I thank Ms Feehily for that. I would ask that the Chairman would guide me on my next comments because I am going to refer to Ms Feehily's previous role. Is it in order for me to ask if she was aware in her previous role of a discourse to carry out a charitable status request from Templemore?

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: That would preclude Ms Feehily from answering the question, even if she wanted to.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: I understand, but it would be a matter of concern. In Ms Feehily's current role, would the Policing Authority take a close view of this matter in terms of muddying the waters on the charitable status for Revenue purposes and the impression that has been left with the committee in terms of the evidence given at recent meetings? It seems to underpin a culture of keeping matters obscure.

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) (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: Can I ask that the secretariat make this letter available to the Policing Authority, if it is appropriate, to assist it in its work? Ms Feehily mentioned she had a dialogue with Mr. Kelly, the head of internal audit in the Garda, and he told her that processes were afoot. Did he at any time allude to Ms Feehily that he was not getting the kind of co-operation he required or that there was a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he can reconcile the prohibitive turnover criteria and other discriminatory exclusionist criteria for contractors to qualify to tender for State contract works; his plans to rectify this discriminatory practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27536/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Fee Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to refund parents on low incomes with dependent children who could not avail of the State examination fee waiver for medical card holders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ireland Scholarship Programme (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct his Department to include a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who is dependent on their parents who are medical cardholders as a candidate for the 2017 all-Ireland third level scholarship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the lack of availability of the leaving certificate applied programme in post-primary schools in County Leitrim on the grounds of the discriminatory exclusion of suitable educational options for children living in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to prevent individual schools from opting not to have the leaving certificate applied programme available to students as an option in view of the fact that it promotes elitism, discrimination and attaches a stigma to this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27997/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1153. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE management in the Sligo area have formally written to national management to highlight the risk posed by a lack of resources for children's services in counties Sligo and Leitrim and that they do not have the capacity to deal with the demand; if he will provide a copy of this correspondence as was reported on a radio station (details supplied)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the timeframe to address the lack of resources for CAMHS and children's health services in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1155. To ask the Minister for Health when a full time child psychiatrist will be provided to address the long waiting list of vulnerable children in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting appointment and diagnosis under the remit of CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan; the length of waiting time for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 1157. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Treatment Purchase Fund can be used to reduce the length of time vulnerable children are waiting to be seen and receive a diagnosis by CAMHS in the Sligo Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan areas; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27056/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 2012. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details suppled) in County Sligo will have their carer's benefit payment reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27089/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 2016. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (20 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: 2283. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have a decision on their application for a disability pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27440/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: We might also say that when it is done we would love to see it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Jun 2017)

Marc MacSharry: The Deputy may remember it stated that, resource-wise, it randomly selects certain things for audit, and we asked that it examine this.