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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 204. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed changes in respect of the draft rules on temporary absence by pharmaceutical assistants in view of the fact that he has received a report on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the payments under the suckler cow scheme from the current low level to a much more sustainable level in view of the decrease in the number of suckler cows here in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the TB forum; the funding he expects to provide for the programme to eliminate TB; the amount of extra funding expected to be required for this task over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding the use of renewable energy for small operators to allow them produce electricity through small wind turbines or solar panels and the arrangements whereby small producers who use the electricity for their own business purposes can get connection to the grid through the smart metering process; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to improve the State pension, contributory, for persons who left the workforce to rear families and are now on a reduced State pension due to same; her further plans to rectify this unfair situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40219/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: 352. To ask the Minister for Health when treatment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39499/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy as the permanent witness to the committee. Apologies have been received from Deputy Pat Deering. The minutes of the meeting of 20 September have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed. There is a small change to be made to the minutes of the meeting of Tuesday, 25 September, which we will clear next week. There...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: That is one of the reasons that we want to talk to Dr. Graham Love. The Department should not accept that. Just because they know of an infringement does not make it correct. We will return to this topic. The expectation would be that steps would be taken by the relevant institute to rectify the position and ensure that a deficit position does not continue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: In other words, the accounts will include charges for depreciation on assets that will create a loss but depreciation is not a cash outflow. Therefore, even though the profit and loss account may show a loss due to charges like that, there could still be cash in the bank. Just because there is a trading loss does not mean that an entity will be in overdraft.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: Some of the unpaid creditors have not yet been paid. An organisation can be in deficit but still have cash in the bank. It is a subtle accounting difference but an important one. They will be the same in the long run but at any time a body can be in deficit but have cash in the bank.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: The request has already been made to Dr. Love to appear before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: Not yet. The invitation was only issued arising from our last meeting. He is leaving by the end of October and we will try to facilitate a time that suits him. If it involves an out-of-sequence meeting we will do that. We have had Dr. Love appear before the committee with representatives of the Department together. Is your request that they both appear together or separately?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: They have done it previously.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: Okay. We will try to wrap this up.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: No. We are just dealing with the invitation to Dr. Graham Love, substantially, and this letter from him.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is part of the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is on WIT.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: They have to go to the Minister's office first before they are available to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Fleming: Before moving on from this item of correspondence I should put on the record the contents of the correspondence. It says with regard to the deficits of institutes of technology that three have accumulated a deficit. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology has accumulated a deficit of €3.299 million, the Institute of Technology, Tralee has a deficit of €1.843 million and Waterford...