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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: On that basis then, the local authorities have committed an offence by not submitting any information to the EPA.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Just one last point, in regard to the household charge, what is the current number of households registered for that charge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: What is the total number expected to pay the charge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: On that basis, each individual local authority is trying to collect the charge from those households who have not yet paid. Is each local authority working on the same system? Are they all sending out letters and reminders at the same time or is it up to the individual local authority as to how they do that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the delegation. On public private partnerships, the Secretary General indicated they deliver between 5% and 10% better value than other ways of completing waster and water projects. Given that the Department does not carry out value for money assessments on plants until after they have been completed, how can it be sure it is securing savings of this magnitude?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: The public-private partnership approach has only been used in recent years to develop wastewater plants. Are wastewater plants still being constructed using the traditional approach?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Considering the savings the Department believes public-private partnerships will deliver, does it lean towards the PPP approach? Why would the traditional approach be selected if greater savings and efficiency can be achieved by means of public-private partnerships?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Taking into account all the factors Ms Tallon outlined, what is the timeframe for completing the process from the moment a local authority decides a wastewater treatment plant must be built until it works with the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: It can take five years from the moment a contract is started until it is completed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: On the Environmental Protection Agency and the level of compliance in respect of certain waste management plants, why was data from 2008 and 2009 only published in 2012? What was the reason for the delay?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: How quickly will this be done given what occurred in the past?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Why did five plants not submit any results to the Environmental Protection Agency? How were they able to get away with failing to provide results? What is the current position regarding this information?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (5 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of Student Universal Support Ireland grant applications refused, those allowed and those still in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54603/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason officials in her Department are no longer providing applicants with information on what month is currently being worked on in terms of the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; her plans to introduce greater transparency into the application system so that applicants can see how long the oldest applications in the system are; the...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the motion. It is important, even on the eve of what will be one of the most difficult budgets in the nation's history, to reiterate our commitment to protecting the most vulnerable in society, namely, those with intellectual and physical disabilities. The debate over who made the mistakes that led to the financial crash of recent years will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person qualified for mortgage interest relief before the end of the year are they guaranteed it for the duration of the mortgage or a specified period or is the relief only available on the tranche of the mortgage drawn down before the year end 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54071/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal in relation to a derogation for disadvantaged area scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54070/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54072/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the proposed N17/N18 Gort to Tuam road, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52656/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam road, County Galway, as promised in the stimulus plan will be given a starting date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52657/12]