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Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: How many licences were issued in 2011?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: It was 65. One is talking about single digits that were not done within the key performance indicator, KPI, guidelines. If one takes it that 80% to 85% of applications were dealt with, that means approximately 12 were not done on time.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Key performance indicators by their nature are kept on a monthly basis in order that one can track how one is doing. Is Mr. Guiomard saying that the figures to hand for today or last December are better than the figures he showed us today?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Could he give me a flavour of what they are?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Is there a significant difference between 2011 and 2012?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: It appears that 50% of complaints were not being dealt with within seven months. It is unsatisfactory for a person to have to wait seven months and not to have had a response to a complaint. Does the commission have the resources to manage the complaints?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: If 400 complaints was a normal amount in a year, what number was there at the peak that caused such difficulty?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Was it a case of non-relevant complaints?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: What were the comparable figures? I am just trying to get an idea of why the figures were so poor in 2011. Could Mr. Guiomard give a flavour of what the exceptional figure was?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Consumer regulation is one of the commission’s three major functions.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: I am asking for figures that I expect the Commission for Aviation Regulation would know when coming before the committee, namely, the top line figures for the past three years. I would appreciate if Mr. Guiomard would provide the information to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Was that a deliberate strategy to reduce the activity of the office?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Why was the decision made?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: What I am asking is whether the reduced levy is related to the decline in activity in the aviation sector which took place over that period.

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: Will we see an increase in levy income in order for the commission to cover its costs for 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: That was my question. Does Mr. Guiomard not anticipate significantly increasing the commission’s levy income to cover the 2014 review of charges?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the jobbridge scheme to other institutions in the public service, such as Met Éireann, to enable people with the relevant qualifications to get work experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58180/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the steps taken to grant planning permission for a wind farm development (details supplied) in County Galway; if the general public were given an opportunity to engage in consultation on the issue; the kind of environmental impact audits that were undertaken; if there is a procedure in place to allow the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Classification (16 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 648, if he will consider reviewing the guidelines from the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society, rather than the guidelines of the IDSA, which Ireland currently follows in view of the fact that the two sets of guidelines make for different reading in dealing with lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Classification (16 Jan 2013)

Derek Nolan: To ask the Minister for Health if, following information received from Tick Talk Ireland in March, a response will be issued to them about the problems they identified in testing for and diagnosing Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58154/12]