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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Item No. 7 is the scrutiny of COM (2011) 398 and COM (2012) 388 Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2014-2020. I welcome the following: Mr. Brendan O'Leary and Ms Niamh Campbell from the Department of Finance; Mr. Kyle O'Sullivan, from the Department of the Taoiseach; Mr. Jim Deane, from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; Ms Brid Cannon, from the Department of Agriculture, Food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: My notes say Mr. O'Leary is a witness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I apologise to Mr. O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Deputy Higgins for alerting me. I need to go to Specsavers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: A hard copy of the presentation is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a Vision For Change supports the provision of community based mental health services; if his attention has been drawn to the threat to the continued operation of a community mental health clinic (details supplied) in County Cork by the removal of secretarial support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4886/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health the reason surgical appointments in respect of a person (details supplied) in the County Cork have been cancelled on three occasions at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (29 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the provision of out of season fishing of identified rainbow trout stocked lakes (details supplied) in County Cork which come under the control of Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4174/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: There are a couple of matters to conclude. Deputy Pearse Doherty raised the issue of State Street and events that were reported at the Committee of Public Accounts in November last. Would Mr. Corrigan outline the current state of play and what residual matters there are from the debt management in which State Street was engaged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: It was the Comptroller and Auditor General who brought the matter to the attention of the Committee of Public Accounts. Had the NTMA identified the difficulties that existed with State Street or was it the Comptroller and Auditor General's office that identified the difficulties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Such as?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Finally, on that issue, has that created a review or a change in protocols in the NTMA's dealings with agencies with similar roles to those played by State Street?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Mathews indicated he would be brief. He is going beyond being brief and I would ask him to sum up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I will bring this afternoon's proceedings to a conclusion. In doing so, I thank Mr. Corrigan and his colleagues, Mr. Whelan and Mr. Murphy, for engaging with the committee in what was a lively discussion. I propose that we publish on the committee's homepage the opening statement by Mr. Corrigan if that is agreeable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: As there is no other business, the meeting is adjourned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Please, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Please, Deputy; you keep making the same error. You have a lot of well thought-out points-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes. However-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: -----I could talk to the recording technicians and ask them to give the same recording of the Deputy every week. Alternatively, I could ask the witnesses to engage with the Deputy and the points he is raising. I can allow the Deputy to talk for the full 12 minutes if he wishes but if he wants Mr. Corrigan, Mr. Whelan and Mr. Murphy to engage with his expertise, he should please afford them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Economy and Funding Requirements: Discussion with NTMA (24 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, and they have listened and have engaged.