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Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is the 43%. We are nearly there.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I am nearly there now. I do not know whether I have anything else to raise. I think I am really on the last point or two. I have mentioned the deferred income, which the witnesses have explained, the taxation issue and the controlling interest. I know these relate to the accounting side. The final issue is Johnstown Castle - the building. It is stated in note 13, under "Heritage...

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: For what purpose? Is it for agricultural-----

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: When was that bequeathed to the State? In what year?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: As long ago as that.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I just happened to visit the castle during the summer. I had a beautiful walk in the garden, with the branches of the lovely trees hanging down over the lakes. It is fantastic. It was my first time there. The one thing that saddened me was that I went up to the castle and looked inside - as the witnesses know, one can walk right up and look in the windows - and it looked very shabby....

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Right, so work has started since I was there.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: On the building.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Next year. When I was there I read about the plans, but the castle looked a bit sad. I was obviously there just before the work started, and it is fantastic that it is under way. Is much of that coming out of Teagasc's resources? It is a national asset.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Fáilte Ireland.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes, I was there.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Does Teagasc have to put much of its money into it or very little?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is it not drawing on Teagasc's resources?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: In the upkeep of it?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is a great thing. I know there is a cost in keeping it there but there is value to the taxpayer to have a facility like that.

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Which buildings are those?

Public Accounts Committee: Teagasc Financial Statements 2017 (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We have strayed a little into heritage and other matters. I did so, however, because they relate to Teagasc. At this stage, I am on my own. All the other members have left. I thank our guests for attending. Dr. Smyth from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine got off lightly, but that is the way the meeting went. It is approximately ten years since representatives from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures whereby a family in an area has no family general practitioner, as the general practices in the area are not taking on additional patients; the position regarding the HSE allocating a particular general practitioner to the family; if there is a requirement on general practitioners to take up these allocations from the HSE; the period of time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 198. To ask the Minister for Health when the new arrangements will be introduced and if legislation is required to change the rules for the fair deal scheme to introduce a three-year cap on the inclusion of productive assets in the assessment or as part of the assessment for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/18]