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Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy and invite Mr. McDonagh to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Because we were dealing with a particular fund on that day, the relevant officials to the question were here. We may need to clarify the issues the Deputy raised by writing to the Central Bank and determining the answers. Then, we can take it up at our January meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Yesterday, some Members of the Oireachtas met with an individual. I am sorry about the mix up. I did not realise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: The meeting was very informative. I suggested it some time ago and maybe we can discuss it with the clerk and bring about some way of listening to their experience.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: I would support it and we will find a way to arrange it early in the new year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: A number of pieces of correspondence have come in this morning and I will pass them on to the clerk of the committee. Although some of them have nothing to do with the Committee of Public Accounts, they are addressed to us and the clerk will have to write back. Last week, we received a reply from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills about doing a report into Cork...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: If you could. We received another letter today by registered post from HL Commodity Foods on an issue with which we were dealing and which Deputy Costello raised. We will circulate it to members. We dealt with the Irish Sports Council, ISC, and a letter arrived by courier yesterday evening. It is a detail of a reply to issues raised regarding Millstreet. At our meeting with the ISC, I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 11 December 2014 agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: He has received the transcript.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Are there any other matters? No. I will set out correspondence since our meeting on Thursday, 11 December 2014. First we will deal with correspondence from Accounting Officers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence dated 10 December 2014 received from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Department of Education and Skills, re follow-up to our meeting of 15 May. This is to be noted and published....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3B.5 is correspondence received from Seán Ó Foghlú, Department of Education and Skills, regarding report received anonymously regarding CIT. This is to be noted and published. No. 3C is correspondence relevant to today's meeting. No. 3C.1 is correspondence received on 17 December 2014 from Brendan McDonagh, chief executive of NAMA, regarding opening statement. This is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: We should flag this for the HEA and the Department of Education and Skills. The issues in respect of the various colleges brought to our attention through correspondence will be raised with them on the day. Will representatives from the Department of Education and Skills be present?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Will the deputation include the Accounting Officer?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: We should ask the Accounting Officer about it because there are several issues that still have not been dealt with. It is like the issue raised by members earlier in respect of the paediatric hospital and Bord na gCon. There are outstanding matters to be dealt with by the Department of Education and Skills. First, we should agree the work programme for the next meeting. We have already...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: Let us deal with the work programme first. Any other business is the next item. Is the work programme agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: I am going to ask the clerk to check this by way of writing to the officials that were before the committee. In the case of some of the questions asked of them they were simply unable to answer, reluctant to answer or did not want to answer. I am unsure which it was. In any event, there was a question in respect of their role in the Central Bank. I understand one of the officials knew...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts Data (17 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the results of the tender process relative to the bike hire scheme; if he will provide the total of each tender; if he will confirm the analysis that was carried out on each tender to determine the reasons for any variance in costed items or generally in the tender amount; if the €11 million contract was awarded without meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of an assessment relative to a social welfare claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been completed. [48214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the costs involved in individual cases brought to the courts by the special investigations unit of his Department over the past ten years where the Chief State Solicitor's office represented his Department and where the cases were withdrawn, ended or lost by the State; the cost to date of the 17 cases pending before the courts and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Land Ownership (16 Dec 2014)

John McGuinness: 351. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in land registry relative to the registration of a property in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny and if he will expedite the matter. [48209/14]