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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; the details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; the details of the appointment process in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the regeneration of Dominick Street, Dublin 1; if he has approved funding for the work; when the work is due to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Board Remuneration (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the former chief executive officer of Aer Lingus was awarded valuable shares by the board of Aer Lingus, for which the person had no entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/15]

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: We are sharing time in an unbalanced way. I will only take five minutes. I welcome the publication of the spring economic statement. It may not seem obvious to many people, and particularly those on my left, but this all started with the blanket bank guarantee approved by Fianna Fáil-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: -----and Sinn Féin and the Greens.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: It certainly is.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I can quote the names. Some of the same people are still talking about burning bondholders and telling the troika to take a hike.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: The Deputy is eating into my precious time. I will bring in the list the next time and show it to the Deputy so he can see exactly what happened.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: From the moment Sinn Féin and others agreed to give a blanket guarantee to Anglo Irish Bank's €34 billion debt, Ireland was committed, effectively, to a special bailout deal with the troika, and that was negotiated by Fianna Fáil with the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union Commission. It was agreed from 2010 to 2015 but we managed...

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I am pleased to have an opportunity to say a few words on this Private Members' motion. It is a bit rich of Fianna Fáil to lecture others on what should be done in respect of any matter which is, in effect, a legacy of its period in government. I refer specifically to the collapse of the construction industry and subsequent lack of equity in properties on which mortgages were taken out...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Are we doing a report on the Docklands and the Jeanie Johnston?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: The Comptroller and Auditor General was to do more work regarding Thornton Hall, the proposed prison in north county Dublin that cost €50 million but which remains incomplete. The Department indicated that it had established an expert group to consider the future of the site. The Department had installed sanitation in all the cells. Since the decision was taken not to go ahead, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Could I also ask for an update on the expert group that is examining the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: First, I welcome the suggestion by the Taoiseach that this matter might be dealt with by the PAC and, by extension, I presume that, if legislation was required, such legislation would be provided. It is something that we have been expressing to some degree in regard to some of the limitations on our work. If that can be enhanced by an extension through legislation, that should be welcomed...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: No, but if one takes it that our remit is to deal with the taxpayer, and the taxpayer had put €34 billion into IBRC itself, then an entity that came under that also became part and parcel of what was both guaranteed by the bank guarantee and was effectively in State ownership - in other words, the assets were linked to IBRC. At that point in time, are we not talking about the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: It happened yesterday morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I think they did it in a very circuitous way. They did not contact me. They contacted the Committee of Public Accounts to say they were arranging a meeting with various stakeholders. They did not formally invite us to go along, but I dropped along anyway. I do not know whether that fulfils the requirements here. I think it was specifically requested that the Department would meet me on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Yes. I welcome the witnesses to the Committee of Public Accounts. I have a number of questions. One of the issues I am concerned about is the cost of drugs. We seem to be the most expensive country in the world in terms of drugs purchase. The drugs bill for the Health Service Executive, HSE, is approximately €2 billion. Have we any clear indication as to the reason we have not...