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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of directly employed home help staff employed by the HSE in County Laois in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31792/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding HSE home help staff in County Laois that obtained a holiday premium based on shift work in the past two years; if this premium will be backdated to an earlier date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help staff employed by the HSE in County Laois that are required to pay a pension levy but some of the persons on whom this levy is being deducted are not in a pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31807/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help staff employed by the HSE in County Laois and their entitlement to overtime payments after 39 hours of work per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31821/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Fleming: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Portlaoise area should be included in the rent pressure zones; the position regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31716/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The committee is now in public session.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I think we were tired.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The only item on our agenda after we get correspondence out of the way is our private meeting. The later start time was probably in that context because, as it is a private meeting, it might not take as long.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. Today was the exception because we do not have any public witnesses coming in. That was the reason. We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General. For the benefit of people watching these proceedings, we are having a brief public meeting this morning to deal with routine correspondence and our work programme for the next couple of weeks. After a very short period, we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will hold it over because it is an outstanding issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is in the Revenue correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will note that. There is a lot of information in this which I believe all individual Members of the House will want to digest and use as they see fit. It is on the record from the Committee of Public Accounts point of view. I thank the Revenue for that useful information. No. 628B (i) and (ii) is correspondence fromDr. Graham Love, chief executive officer of the Higher Education...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Absolutely. We will ask the OPW to formally keep us informed of developments on this issue because there is some €140 million of taxpayer's money involved, so we are entitled to watch this space. That is agreed. The next item is No. 624C, correspondence received from an individual on 19 June 2017. This correspondence is addressed to the chief superintendent at the Bridewell Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I know that this person has been in contact with Deputy Catherine Murphy and several other members of the committee. Will the Deputy act as an informal link and arrange a meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy should check with us and arrange to meet on some day next week when we are here. It is not a meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts but an informal meeting involving members who have been dealing with the issue. It will not involve the secretariat. It will involve a number of members of the committee who are available to meet. The Deputy might advise us as to when might be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. We will deal with this publically on 13 July. That is agreed. We will let the lady who is writing to us know directly. She may even be watching, but the Deputy will contact her shortly in any event. The next item is No. 631C, correspondence from an individual requesting parchment paper from the clerk. Ten pieces of good quality parchment for ten-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is that about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am at a loss to understand this one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I do not understand that particular item of correspondence. If light can be shed on the matter, we will consider it on the next occasion or deal with it one way or the other. I do not understand. Perhaps there is something behind it. We will put it to one side and finalise it at our next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will formally conclude the matter the next day. The next item is No. 632C, correspondence dated June 2017 from an individual on the issue of Horse Racing Ireland's proposal to revoke the individual's course betting permit in accordance with the provisions of section 48 of the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994. The matter is outside the remit of the committee and I propose to refer it to...