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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Thank you. Mr. O'Brien spoke about the increase in the number of medical cards, an increase of 75% from January 2005 to 2012. Would it be possible to have a breakdown on the increase for each calendar year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: That would be great. I want to link that to the unemployment and other social changes that happened in that time. Significant changes occurred during that period. I was interested to hear what the HSE had to say about what happens where people on a medical card have died and appreciate there is a link now with the registry of deaths. I imagine a significant number of those people on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: My understanding is that from the point of view of social welfare or pensions, widows or the family receive the pension until six weeks after the death. Those in receipt of welfare must sign on within four weeks. Would it be worth looking at this to see how the margin could be narrowed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I appreciate that, but in light of what has happened in the past, we must try to ensure it does not happen again. The medical card system has been centralised, but is there a new IT system in place to manage it? What IT system is used? I presume the database can be used for modelling to extract various real time information.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: What is the administrative cost of delivering medical cards? Has the cost increased or decreased in comparison to what it was? Now that the process is centralised, have the costs changed? Are more staff involved? I appreciate there has been an increase in the number of medical cards, but what does it cost to administer and manage the system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: A percentage of the €2 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Can I comment on this because I had the same query recently? The county enterprise boards are supposed to provide mentoring to anybody who requests it regardless of their sector and competition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Not grand aid but mentoring.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It is important to have an appeals process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: My understanding is that the board of Microfinance Ireland is composed of voluntary members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I pay tribute to them and the work they do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I welcome the witnesses and I congratulate them on what they have achieved. Theirs is a new business and while it is supported by Government and the State, they have to set up all the processes and it is quite a complex job to get money out there and start lending. Currently 96% of all finance for small business in Ireland comes from banks. That is not sustainable and if we are serious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (12 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: 463. To ask the Minister for Health when an alternative hospital appointment will be arranged in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [48105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: 879. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [45990/13]

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Local Government Bill 2013. We all know that every sector of government, both national and local, must achieve more with fewer resources. Waste and duplication of services must be eliminated and every penny of taxpayers' money must be spent carefully and effectively. This Government is committed to reforming local government at all levels. County...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conversation Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: 192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who are not allowed forestation on their lands because of the hen harrier will be compensated. [44914/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association (22 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: There is obviously an extensive margin on premium branded alcohol.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association (22 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: The proposal has come from Alcohol Action Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association (22 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: When one is talking about selling branded alcohol in volume deals if there is a minimum price per unit of alcohol or a bottle of vodka, for example, then that will have an impact on the volume sales of those products as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Closures and Job Losses: Discussion with National Off-Licence Association (22 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: I wish to tease out the issue if that is okay? If I buy a bottle of Smirnoff vodka and there is a minimum price for such a bottle, whether I buy it in Aldi, Lidl or Tesco, it cannot be sold below that price.