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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: On page 18, the grant income, under 2012 grant-in-aid there was €4.602 million to industries. In 2013, there was €1.698 million to industries and €3.439 million to grant-in-aid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: It is just that it does not appear in a similar fashion in the 2012 and the 2013 accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: It was a separate grant.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: However, on the dichotomy of the imbalance or the disproportion between the quantity in 2012 that went to industries and what went to industries in 2013, Mr. Pakey says there is no connection, but nevertheless there is a strange gap there.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Send us a note to clarify that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: I thank and welcome Mr. Pakey and his team. They appear to have successfully restructured and put together the various elements to establish the new Shannon Group plc. I propose to first ask a few questions about the new entity. It is my understanding that it has been a long-term goal of Shannon Development to have a consolidated entity with a commercial focus. What are the major...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Accounts of Shannon Free Airport Development Company (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Did Mr. Pakey take the view that a commercial entity of this nature was the way forward?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3 is a social housing complex where drugs are sold freely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Confidential Recipient (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the confidential recipient process under which gardaí make internal complaints; her views on bringing it within the remit of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if registered charities operating sheltered accommodation are exempt from water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (9 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for public transport in the Dublin area in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: x (8 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided to enable persons (details supplied) in Dublin 9 to access respite care on 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 216. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for moving the Companies Registration Office from Parnell Square to Smithfield, which is a legal hub and has poor parking facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 260. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for Ireland to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the Irish Deaf Society Advocacy Service, to which he gave bridge funding in July 2014, will receive a regular flow of funding in the future so that it can carry out its brief as the only service through Irish sign language to the national deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: There were 431 out-of-competition tests.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: The out-of-competition testing is 50%.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: Can I take it from those remarks that out-of-competition testing has been increased? Can I take also that the proportion will be increased again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: I thank Mr. Treacy. I will not delay on my last point. I note the merger between the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority is taking place and that the new body will be Sport Ireland. Can Mr. Treacy provide some information on the costs, consultants and location, and how it ties in with the lease on the Irish Sports Council's premises?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014)

Joe Costello: At €180,000 per annum?