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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: On that one-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: I do not know if a written question was sent by the clerk to the committee or the secretariat to the HSE but we had already received the laboratory data for 2013-16 when its representatives appeared before the committee. We were looking for the laboratory data from 2008-12, which we have not received.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: The HSE sent us data we already had in answer to our question, and that is playing games. The Accounting Officer stated that the HSE would send us the data we were seeking as quickly as it could. It is a bit rich to send us data we already have in order to pretend that it was answering the question or providing us with information. We should write back to the HSE in very strong terms. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Where does the HSE state that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: What does "remaining information" mean? When writing to the HSE we must be clear in regard to what we are seeking to avoid any misunderstanding.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: A follow-up call should be made to ensure the HSE knows what we are seeking.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: What is this about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: It is not in regard to NAMA.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Institutes of technology cannot borrow. They are not allowed to borrow. They are also not allowed to have deficits. That is the difficulty here. Waterford Institute of Technology is not the only offender, but it would be useful if the committee wrote to the Higher Education Authority to ask for a breakdown of the finances of each institute of technology to ascertain which were in deficit....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: In the case of Waterford Institute of Technology, we should ascertain the up-to-date position. The accounts presented were from 2016. I know that containment measures were put in place, so it may well be out - or close to being out - of deficit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: We need to know where that money is and if any of it has been recovered.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: This shows why there should be greater controls in the foundations.

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: It seems that, as we approach budget 2019, the big debate in Fine Gael and the Government is how they will cut taxes, which taxes, by how much and for whom. I do not hear much from the party about fixing the problems in our health service or, indeed, any of our public services. The Minister will know that there are long waiting lists in many specialties in University Hospital Waterford,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (19 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the associated rights and privileges of the common travel area that will be included in the commitment in Article 2(2) of the draft protocol on Ireland-Northern Ireland of the draft UK-EU withdrawal agreement. [26366/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: We do not all agree that the witnesses were acting in good faith. That is the personal view of the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: The letter sent to the committee by Mr. Connaghan on 30 May 2018 stated that a meeting took place at the request of the HSE, which was attended by officials from the SCA and the HSE, who would have been CervicalCheck representatives. At the request of whom in the HSE did the meeting take place?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Why did Mr. Connaghan make that request?

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed) (14 Jun 2018)

David Cullinane: Who was at the meeting?