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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Approved Housing Bodies (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if long term leasing or other similar agreements to pay rent by local authorities to approved housing bodies is included as a liability as a debt on the Government balance sheet; the rules surrounding the level of liability which is taken onto the Government balance sheet in circumstances in which such payments are for a period of 30 years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection Commissioner (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding arrangements for the office of the Data Protection Commissioner with regard to the Commissioner's plans to increase staff and resources at a location in Dublin; the timeframe to increase staff and resources; the number of additional staff being employed in the Dublin region; his plans for 2018 and 2019; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 294. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for collecting moneys under the nursing home support scheme; the amounts received in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the reason full-time staff employed by the HSE for home help are excluded from the general staffing numbers in the HSE; his views on whether this is appropriate and respects the dignity of the HSE employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42521/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in providing an appointment for orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42546/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Marriages Data (10 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for each civil registration office for persons that are seeking an appointment to notify the civil registration office of their intention to marry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at this committee. He is accompanied by Mr. Mark Brady. Before we begin, I extend the sympathy of the Committee of Public Accounts to the family of the former Taoiseach, Mr. Liam Cosgrave, who passed away yesterday evening. May he rest in peace. With the agreement of the committee, I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will try to finish with the representatives of IDA Ireland by noon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will be very tight on time. Apologies have been received from Deputies Alan Farrell and Josepha Madigan. Are the minutes of the meeting held on 28 September agreed to? Agreed. One item brought to my attention as arising from the minutes is that we received a letter last week about the Higher Education Authority, third level institutions and consultancy fees. It relates to our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that agreed to by the committee? Agreed. I will ask the clerk to consult me about the letter to be sent from the committee. We will include in it the questions to which I referred. The next item on the agenda is correspondence. The first items, Nos. 784A and 785A, are the briefing document and opening statement from IDA Ireland for today’s meeting. We will note and publish...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It only arrived last night and we have not yet seen it. The Deputy might be aware of it, but members in general are not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I have not seen the letter, but we will discuss it next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will definitely be included in the correspondence to be discussed next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will put the HSE officials on notice to be available for the full day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I think we will discuss it on that day, perhaps in a specific period. The section 38 and section 39 organisations have available to them €4 billion of taxpayers' money. The Comptroller and Auditor General has a comment on it in the annual report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: That will be part of the discussion, as well as the ongoing issues. As we will need a full day, people can schedule it at this stage. The next item is No. 782B, correspondence dated 3 October in my name. I forwarded a link to the Garda interim report as I did not think it had been formally sent to the Committee of Public Accounts. I think we all got a copy of it so I have made sure that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Let us scroll up the screen.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The document shows that the audit for Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim is still being reviewed. We are talking about the year 2015. One can see from the screen that that is the end of the ETBs.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: There has been a lot of public controversy about one or two of these ETBs.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: In the first instance, and we will get some details, I propose that this committee, today, write to the chairman of each of those ETBs, in respect of the 2015 audit, stating that we will not accept any excuse. I will allow people to comment but I think we need to write to the chairmen. We are asking that the chairmen formally put our letter on the agenda of their next meetings, not just...