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- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: The office took back in two retired civil servants at a cost of €35,000. Why was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: For taking on that kind of staff, the office is confined by the public sector recruitment embargo. Does the office have to get approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: On the consultancy fees and value for money reviews, the outturn in 2013 was €13,000. In the Estimates provision, however, it was €49,000. Why was there such a difference?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I thank Ms McGrath. Before we end the meeting, I ask her to fix the castle wall in Kilkenny. It is still lying in a heap.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: It fell down. It is a boundary wall. One part of it has been repaired.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I will keep an eye on it. I walk there and it is still in a heap. Something has to be done about it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. The meeting now stands adjourned. We can dispose of the Vote and so on next week.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Illness Benefit Payments (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if payments made by the Department of Social Protection to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, for the period for which that person was on sick leave, will be refunded to that person, in full, in accordance with the social welfare statement, covering the period 18 December 2014 to 6 February 2015; and if...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has multiple medical issues, and requires urgent attention and intervention, is not being fast-tracked through the early intervention disability service in mid-Kildare, NDT; if an immediate appointment will be arranged for the child to assess what care and intervention is required; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if special boots will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [8503/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for assessment for a hip operation will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will expedite the matter. [8627/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to provide the level of funding required to the supported care homes (details supplied) in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, to upgrade their facilities to meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards; if the immediate funding of approximately €100,000 required by Saint Lazerians in County Carlow, will be provided; and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, who was an employee of the Health Service Executive, will be reviewed to determine if that person's retirement can be based on ill health, in view of the history of the case and the ongoing medical issues involved; and if he will expedite the matter [8673/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if a new director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council has been appointed; if the position went through the Public Appointments Commission; the way the interview process was conducted; the number of persons interviewed; the level of pay for the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8679/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the accommodation needs, and water treatment system upgrade, or replacement, at 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 issues. [8674/15]
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: They cannot get it.
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: My question relates to a number of points raised by Deputy Tom Fleming about legislation already passed by this House regarding mortgages and the provision of funding from the banks to the SME sector. Will the Taoiseach consider reviewing legislation and regulations to allow credit unions to enter the market? They have almost €7 billion which they could make available for mortgages...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (25 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take regarding the growing backlog of applications for approval from commercial vehicle body builders, relative to individual vehicles, to the National Standards Authority of Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the process is slow and cumbersome, and causing serious difficulty for the business...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8377/15]