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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: How would there be proof?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Is the Garda Síochána working with the Courts Service on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: How far along is it with that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: We are approaching the anniversary of the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. Are we further along in that investigation?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Does the Commissioner expect arrests any time soon?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the witnesses and I thank the Commissioner for the evidence he has given to date. In his initial contribution, the Commissioner referred to Garda discretion. He referred to one matter in the context of bees worrying livestock. While I very much hope that the cows involved were okay, he can see - from the public's perspective - it seems unusual that discretion was used in that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I accept that and I certainly have no issue with the idea of discretion, particularly as it could be used in a common-sense way in many other areas and by certain Departments. However, what might constitute discretion to one member of the force might not constitute it to his or her colleagues. Members of the public would be concerned with regard to situations where certain members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon was excluded from the new agri-environment options scheme in view of the fact that they have callows land which should have made them eligible for the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (23 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms being put in place to cater for persons who formerly received the mobility allowance; the plans that exist to introduce a new regime or when is it envisaged that such a regime might be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/14]

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. If citizens across this country are to receive equal treatment, then access to basic infrastructure is vital and what we have at present, in terms of industries and householders reliant on broadband, is a two-speed Ireland. I welcome the provisions of this Bill, which will provide greater freedom to ESB in terms...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Private Members]: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak on this issue, even for a short time. I welcome the Bill and even though I may not be able to support it, it certainly is in the right area. While I greatly welcome the Minister's statement that there will be a regulator with a proper department, the biggest problem in this regard brings us back to a point made by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Delays (21 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 340. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when AEOS payment wil issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2849/14]

Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important issue. The establishment of Irish Water aims to modernise the way water services are delivered throughout the country. Water is a most valuable natural resource and must be protected because it is critical to the health and well-being of our citizens and the environment. I welcome the Government commitment to...

Betting (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: This legislation represents the enactment of a provision of the Finance Bill 2011 to extend betting duty to remote betting and online betting. It establishes the necessary infrastructure or regime for collection of this tax. It will be an offence to take a bet from an Irish person by remote means unless the betting facility has a bookmaker's licence or remote betting intermediary's licence....

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Will Bord Gáis not take that hit?  If the costs are not passed to the consumer because the regulator does not believe they represent value for money, will Bord Gáis or the taxpayer pick up the tab?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Does Mr. Tierney envisage an issue arising with the regulator?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Irish Water took over on 1 January. What is its current role in respect of local authorities? What, for example, is the current standing of Irish Water with regard to water services section of Galway County Council?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: If Galway County Council has a water services plan for the next two years, will it stay intact under Irish Water?

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Paul Connaughton: When Irish Water was initially established, it pursued a massive public relations campaign to explain what was coming down the road. Can it do the same in regard to explaining the set up costs in a simple way? It could explain how each euro and cent has been spent in a way that allows taxpayers to understand where the money went and why Irish Water, the regulator and the Department believes...