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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Sorry, I must intervene. If the Minister and the Deputy want to hold their own meeting, that is fine and I will step out of the room. However, as far as I am aware, I am chairing these proceedings.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Perhaps we might return to the issue at hand.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We will move on to programme A, European Union and international policy. There are three subheads: A1, administration - pay; A2, administration - non-pay; and A3, consultancy and other services. We will also deal with the key outputs, output targets and context and impact indicators. Are there are any issues arising under subheads A1, A2 or A3?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: One of the outputs to be achieved under programme A is to address how the Oireachtas engages with other European parliaments and the Union itself, particularly in regard to the European semester, a module of which will take place next week in Brussels. This is not directly tied to the Minister as a line Department issue, but the role of this sub-committee is tied to the Department in many...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: One of the significant changes that has taken place as we exit the bailout programme is that we are now into the stability treaty proper. We are a functioning member state that is not in a bailout programme. Country-specific recommendations will be issued to us as part of that, very much based upon what is best for the country and what might be decided in that regard. Those recommendations...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you, Minister.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We are dealing with the Estimates now.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I have given Deputy Doherty a lot of latitude but we have agreed a programme for this afternoon under which we will discuss specific headings. If he wishes to speak on those headings I will facilitate him, but his contribution must be germane to the proceedings.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy should not ask questions if he is a making a statement. We are not engaging in a question-and-answer session.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I am not questioning the importance of the issue the Deputy raises but I am saying they are not germane to this afternoon's proceedings. I ask him to speak on the Estimates. I assure the Deputy I will be equally strict with the Minister when he responds. I ask members to speak on the matters on the agenda.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Doherty has been a Member of the House long enough to know that there are a dozen different facilities to allow him discuss the issues he wishes to raise. We are discussing the Estimates at this meeting. We will deal with any issues about the Department's operation and budgeting. If Deputy Doherty wishes to discuss those documents under this committee's auspices, I accommodated all...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Not at this stage, as I want to move on to deal with the headings. Those contributions were opening statements and we are not having a question-and-answer session at this stage.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, I know. I suggest the Minister can deal with the questions when making his concluding remarks. Otherwise, we will never get started on dealing with the Estimates. We have agreed a schedule for dealing with the headings. Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance, relates to pages four to 28 in the briefing document. I will deal first with programme A under administrative subheads...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes. We are dealing with the administrative subheads, after which we will deal with programmes A1 and A3 and B1, B3 and B4.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister. Shall we move into opening statements or will we proceed with the estimates? Which would members prefer?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Apologies have been received from Deputy Alan Farrell. No. 1 on our agenda is the consideration of the Department of Finance group of Revised Estimates. The Dáil ordered on 18 December 2013 that the following Revised Estimates for the public services be referred to this committee for consideration: Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance; Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: 889. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that funding raised by an independent charity is to be used to refurbish 20 isolation beds at Cork University Hospital and that there is an agreement in place (details supplied) that eight of these beds are to be ring-fenced for cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1572/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Relief Appeals (19 Dec 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for mortgage interest relief in regard to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (18 Dec 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 226. To ask the Minister for Health when a determination will be made in an application for a primary medical certificate under the disabled drivers regulations in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Dec 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for invalidity pension following a recent oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53684/13]