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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (3 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria and the processes which will be applied to proposed capital projects for inclusion in the Government's capital investment plan for 2016 to 2021. [21020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were treated in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin by hospital and by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21021/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with cardiac conditions in the south east region that were seen for planned work in hospitals in counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin, to break down in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017 by hospital and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21022/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons (details supplied) in the south east region who received PPCI care in hospitals in Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Kilkenny and Dublin, by hospital and by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21023/17]

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: The programme for Government committed to the establishment of a public sector pay commission. It also committed to increasing front-line staff, especially nurses, in our public hospitals. This is not happening. The Taoiseach has heard from a number of Deputies that the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan Community Hospital is closing. I spoke to the director of community services in the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to verify authenticity of training and referees as listed by applicants on their CSCS application forms; the steps taken to ensure that such training has been delivered by competent persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Community Training Centres (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if management staff on local training initiatives have a pay relationship with and are proportionally linked to community training workshop managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19593/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of allegations of social welfare fraud recorded by his Department in each of the years from 2006 to 2016; the number of investigations that arose out of those allegations in each of the years from 2006 to 2016; the number of cases of allegations of welfare fraud that were investigated and found to have been instances of welfare fraud...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 560. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases of persons using makeup in order to claim welfare payments illegally in each of the years 2006 to 2016 respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases of people using false beards in order to claim welfare payments illegally in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (2 May 2017)

David Cullinane: 562. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the manner by which the use of a false beard in order to claim a welfare payment illegally is officially recorded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Freedom of Information (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for the response. The problem is that while the theory of commercial sensitivity is to strike a balance between the public's need to know and private commercial objectives, it is not always achieved in practice. In fact, we do not have that balance. An example in the Minister's area, on which I have been doing some work in the Committee on Budget Scrutiny and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Freedom of Information (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I have discussed this issue with officials in the Minister's Department in respect of public private partnerships. It was based on a genuine desire to ensure we had proper scrutiny, not only in having a look-back but also in the planning of public private partnerships. The arrangement has been used as an excuse at times not to allow us to get under the bonnet of some of the public private...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Freedom of Information (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines issued by his Department relating to decisions regarding commercial sensitivity; the methods his Department uses to balance the public need to know with the need for commercial sensitivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19030/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Freedom of Information (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I want to inform the Ceann Comhairle that I must attend the Committee of Public Accounts and it is for that reason that I will have to leave shortly. The question asks the Minister to inform the House of the guidelines which are issued by his Department relating to decisions regarding commercial sensitivity and the methods his Department uses to balance the public need to know with the need...

Trade Union (Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2017: First Stage (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: This is a Bill to: remove the bar on a Garda Síochána or Defence Forces association from associating with, or affiliating to, any trade union or any other association; remove the bar on a Defence Force member from becoming a member of a Defence Force association that may wish to reconstitute itself as a trade union; and prohibit the use of strike action by an Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I have raised some of the issues raised last week and in the past few weeks. A narrative has been spun by some since and questions have been asked about the commercialising of intellectual property. It has been suggested that, as a committee, we do not really understand how all of this works. There was a misunderstanding of the questions being put. I can only speak for myself but I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: No, this is separate. This was on my own behalf and not on behalf of the PAC. Given that the HEA is carrying out an external review and given the limitations on the Comptroller and Auditor General in terms of what he can and cannot do, it might be an opportunity for the HEA to use the Waterford example to go under the bonnet, as it were, and look at the type of issues we are looking at? I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: It was in the local newspapers.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.