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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: 598. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.492 of 16 December 2014, if the issue has now been resolved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the matter will be confirmed in writing. [11422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: 599. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged at the orthopaedic clinic at Waterford Regional Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact that the person's circumstances are deemed urgent; and if he will expedite the matter. [11425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: 757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the accommodation needs, and water treatment system upgrade or replacement, in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; her views on the provision of prefabricated or permanent structures on this site; and if she will expedite the request from the school to deal with accommodation and site...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: 780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a submission in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Carlow regarding the provision of astroturf pitches; if the funding requested will be made available; and if she will expedite a positive response. [11431/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The first item on the agenda is correspondence received since our meeting on Thursday, 5 March. Correspondence has been received from the HSE on its appearance before the committee. It relates to what was reported in the media on the responses to the Comptroller and Auditor General's questions. I understand the HSE has not finished its work with the Oireachtas and Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: Presumably, it will be finished before its representatives appear before us in April.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We should put them on notice that it may take more than a morning to deal with the matters that will be before us. As we will have a considerable amount of work to get through, it is only fair to put them on notice. We have received correspondence from Mr. Alan Duffy, CEO, HSBC, on the appearance of representatives before the committee. The correspondence is to be noted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The Deputy's correspondence is not on the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The item of correspondence circulated the last time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: Is that stated in the correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: At the last meeting the committee agreed that it would ask HSBC to send a representative, that we would have this meeting with the Revenue Commissioners and that the HSBC representative would sit in on it. There is no information to be had from this representative because they are not aware of the issues involved. We also asked at the last meeting that a letter be sent to HSBC in the United...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The letter leaves it hanging. To answer the question, we simply have to go back and ask it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The letter to the United Kingdom.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The clerk to the committee is not here. I am told the correspondence can be made available at the next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: My information is that the letter was not written.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: It was agreed at the last meeting that we would write to invite a representative of HSBC to attend. As I said, that person attended the UK public accounts committee hearing. We are now told that it did not happen. I agree that that is not acceptable. However, in the light of what Deputies Joe Costello and Shane Ross have said about the person in London not being available, we will have to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The arrangement made at the last meeting was that we would invite representatives of the Revenue Commissioners to the meeting and we understood HSBC Dublin was agreeable to sending a representative but that the representative would not know the details of the issues to be raised. I suggested we have the representative of HSBC Dublin attend the meeting in order that at least that person could...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes. I spoke to Mr. Hearne yesterday and indicated that, rather than have an individual come from HSBC to attend the meeting in the Visitors Gallery, the person should attend and sit with the representatives of the Revenue Commissioners to hear at first hand what was happening. That was my view and that is my view of what was decided last Thursday at the meeting. What happened was that,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: It is not so much that I would endorse a request. It is the fact that at the meeting last week the format was agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: That is the issue. The clerk to the committee is not present. On behalf of members, I will raise the issue with him, on his return, and the acting clerk.