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Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Mr. Murphy for coming before us today. I wish to return to an issue raised by Deputy Sean Fleming when he was discussing the membership of the board. Sitting on a board of this sort is a big responsibility, and I am sure there is a great deal of work involved. If people are going to take on such work, then in certain instances they should be paid for it. However, the idea that the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I am aware of that. Where do the meetings of the board take place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: All five of them take place there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. I just wanted to be clear on that. There have been changes to the membership of the board.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: And they will be paid for those services on the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Will any of them be from other State agencies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: And that person will not be coming from another State agency?

Public Accounts Committee: 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
National Development Finance Agency Financial Statements 2011 (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay. I thank Mr. Brian Murphy for the clarification. The main matter on which I wish to focus relates to the Poolbeg incinerator project, which is mentioned on page 18 of the NDFA's report for 2011. The NDFA is financial adviser for this project.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Funding (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money that Ireland contributes to the United Nations that is spent directly on internet related challenges, such as cyber security, cyber-crime, internet freedom, privacy rights, and other related issues; if this money is contributed directly to such programmes or through a general fund; the percentage this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (13 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health his views on methadone clinics (details supplied). [56062/12]

Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (12 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: In the preparation of the White Paper will the Minister consult other governments to share analysis or to learn of their thinking in terms of the preparation of white papers? Currently, the French Government is drafting a new White Paper. I had the opportunity to visit French Ministry for Defence recently and some of the thinking and work they are putting into the process is very...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered extending the vehicle registration tax for electric vehicles beyond December 2012. [55345/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the merits or demerits of a tax initiative (details supplied). [55682/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of Government contracts in his Department that were awarded to non-Irish companies in the three years 2009 to 2011 inclusive; and the percentage of these that went to EU companies in that period. [55257/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has any jurisdiction over store opening hours, for example Sundays or on St. Stephen's Day. [55612/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Vehicle Registration Tax (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered extending the grant support for electric vehicles beyond December 2012. [55345/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: EU Directives (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of possible gas and oil finds off the Irish coast, his plans for Ireland to sign the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, a global standard ensuring transparency of payments from natural resources. [55399/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the number of persons that have applied for, and the number of persons that have received a visa under the visa investment scheme programme, the start-up visa scheme, and any visa programmes available to senior executives coming to work in foreign owned companies based here. [55325/12]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Eoghan Murphy: I accept that. I also accept Ms Tallon's position and I will not raise further points on the audit report. However, the project's deadline has been extended time and again because the private partner cannot find the financing and due to problems on our end such as foreshore licences. When Ms Tallon attended the committee previously, she told us we would have the report from the local audit...