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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: The witnesses are waiting so I suggest we leave the other items on the agenda until the end of the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: I welcome the witnesses and apologise for the delay. We had some housekeeping to sort out. Before we begin I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones as interference affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the committee. However, if...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: Mr. Paddy Howard is here from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 83 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Managing Elective Day Surgery (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: I ask Mr. McCarthy to introduce the special report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: To add to or bring this together, there is a resource issue within the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. There is also an issue in terms of the different agencies throughout the State in regard to how they account or how seriously they take their job as members of audit committees and so on. I am concerned by a number of examples of this. Tipperary Hostel was reported on here,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: We will pass on the transcript of this meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: We should put on the pressure and make this clear, because what gets audited gets done. If we get the issues sorted and if the Comptroller and Auditor General gets his work sorted, that means we will have greater scrutiny of the expenditure of public moneys. We have witnesses waiting and do not wish to delay further, but I will point out one issue. The Comptroller and Auditor General...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: The Comptroller and Auditor General has said that it is a resource issue. What is happening here is that we are dealing with the bigger entities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: Where is the resource pinch? What is required? Is it within the Comptroller and Auditor General's office that extra resources are needed or is it on the other end, that is, for those who are providing the accounts? Where is the resource needed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: Can Mr. McCarthy tell us about the resources issues within his own office? What is the problem there, if there is one?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: Item 1 is the minutes of our meeting on 23 October 2014. Are they agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes? At the last meeting the Comptroller and Auditor General agreed to provide the committee with a note on the timelines of audited financial statements of public bodies. This was circulated to members yesterday. Are there any comments?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: How do we achieve that?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [41791/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for funding in respect of an area (details supplied) relative to a pilot scheme to solve local flooding at the rear; if he will expedite a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 510. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm receipt of correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and the process involved to have this matter dealt with and the timeframe involved. [41342/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the reason indemnity insurance was withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41793/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bus service to Ballinabranna, County Carlow will change its route slightly to facilitate persons (details supplied) in County Carlow to travel to Red Rock quarry and then onto Whelan's Cross. [41320/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

John McGuinness: 1042. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to put in place a new tenant purchase scheme for local authority houses; if he will confirm if and when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41769/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: That brings us to the end of the hearing in regard to this morning's business with the National Paediatric Hospital development board. I thank the witnesses for attending and the information they have provided.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: I return to the opening part of our meeting. I ask the clerk to the committee or the Comptroller and Auditor General if they can determine from the accounts of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated to Irish Water and Poolbeg by the Department. If there were two allocations and with what is going through the Estimates, does that have...