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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I ask the witnesses to send the committee an update on the current position regarding funding for the project. The HSE and the Department may have to do that jointly. At this stage, we have exhausted the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank the witnesses from the HSE and Department of Health, as well as the Comptroller and Auditor General, for their forbearance. It has been a long day. The witnesses from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, whom I also thank, got off lightly today. Given that the HSE is the largest State organisation with turnover of €15 billion, witnesses will understand that a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We do not dispose of them. We are holding off on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: At the end of September. Is Mr. Breslin looking forward to an early visit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will do it when we make our periodic report rather than doing it every single time. We have changed our practice. We decided as a matter of principle, because we have not been able to get any transparency or accountability in respect of public-private partnerships, that we are not disposing of any accounts where there is a significant PPP element as we have not been able to examine them...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Financial Statements of the HSE
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Department of Health (5 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: At least Mr. Breslin is watching carefully.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of tax relief for union subscriptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29644/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the minimum charge for persons with medical cards to pay for medicines which they receive by way of prescription; the minimum charge per item; the maximum charge per prescription; the monthly limit payable in these cases; the arrangements in place to ensure there is no overpayment by a couple in cases in which a husband and wife...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 327. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding funding for house alarms and grants payable to persons in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time persons must wait before applying for jobseeker's benefit and-or jobseeker's allowance in cases in which they are made redundant as part of a voluntary redundancy scheme in a large company; if there is a period of non-payment in view of the fact that their employment finished as a result of their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (4 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the section in legislation in relation to the role of the chief executives of local authorities in respect of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29696/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Minister to supply his script because he only dealt with the first half of it.

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: The Minister was ad-libbing. Okay. It will be on the Dáil record. He acknowledged that the project was mishandled, which led to an understandable breach of trust and much anger. The tender documentation should be made available on etenders.gov.ieor elsewhere such that people can precisely compare what is being constructed with the plans. I ask the Minister to make it publicly...

Topical Issue Debate: Electricity Transmission Network (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of the major electricity transmission project at Coolnabacca, Ratheniska, County Laois, which the Minister is aware is built on a very important local aquifer. On Thursday, 21 June Deputy Stanley and I were at a very well attended public meeting in Ratheniska on this matter. A local committee has been in touch with me in the meantime asking that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payment to persons who have carried out work on projects funded by the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28806/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protocols attached to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if each of the protocols has been ratified by Ireland; the implementation date of each of the protocols and the convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced in all respects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29136/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the person who gave authority for the destruction of records (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the status of financial support for couples who have to pay for in vitro fertilisation; and his plans in this regard. [28803/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Jul 2018)

Seán Fleming: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements for the provision of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29135/18]