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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Last year major changes were made to the community employment arrangements, some of which I understand. There was also a great reduction in the amount of money available for what was termed "materials" which in reality was not just stationery and so on. The money was used to pay for fuel, audits and so on. Has the Secretary General a sense of how those changes impacted on the delivery of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Considering my case load as a public representative, I almost never get representations on child benefit, for example, and I presume that is because the system works very effectively and efficiently. I can see it is a simpler case than jobseeker's allowance, etc., because there is so much change in the area. Does Ms O'Donoghue envisage getting to a stage where the likes of me as a public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: I will ask about rent allowance for people on the housing list. I appreciate it is not dealt with in particular in the information we received over the week but it has come under the remit of the Department from the Department of Health. There are a number of concerns and I would appreciate if the witness could respond to them. Does the Department see itself as just the instrument for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Is there an argument for putting all that responsibility on local authorities, for example, so that they could become the paymasters? As a result of the way our social housing has developed, many more people are living in private rented accommodation than was the case 20 years ago. The system is not very satisfactory for a number of reasons, although the problem has been dumped on Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter 21 – Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 22 – Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 23 – Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Social Insurance Fund – Annual Accounts 2011 (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: I thank Ms O'Donoghue and her staff. It is worth saying I very much appreciate the work the Department does because it helps to keep a very significant number of people afloat and also helps to circulate money in the economy. This point is not always sufficiently appreciated. I may get into trouble because of some of the questions I wish to ask, but if Ms O'Donoghue cannot answer them...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current funding for remedial works schemes in respect of council housing; and the future of this programme. [13483/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Maintenance (14 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason South Dublin County Council received a lower amount of funding than Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council under the local and regional road maintenance initiative, despite the fact that South Dublin is geographically larger than Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13464/13]

Autism Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta McCarthy mar gheall ar an mBille seo a thabhairt isteach. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil sé ar urlár an Tí inniu. I know that the Minister, who has an understanding of this particular matter, will be keen to progress this Bill as rapidly as possible. Debate on this legislation thus far has focused on disability....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Could Mr. O'Brien explain what he means by intermediate care vehicles? Are they simply cars to bring people who can easily get in or out of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013: Discussion with HSE (7 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. O'Brien and the staff from the HSE and acknowledge that significant progress has been made. It is important that I say that before I go ahead and raise various issues of concern. I find it very difficult to communicate with the HSE because it is not clear whether responsibility for certain things lies with the executive or with the Department of Health....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (7 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be making regulations, or if there will be any specifications regarding the pricing structure for the installation for water meters; if there will be any maximum amount which can be spent on various aspects of the installation, such as digging up a footpath, when taking into consideration that different houses will...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Cathain a mbeidh an reachtaíocht i dtaobh an tSeanaid os ár gcomhair? Cathain a mbeidh an reifreann ar bun? An mbeidh reifreann amháin i gceist, nó níos mó ná sin?

Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Beidh an reifreann i ndiaidh an tsamhraidh

Meath East By-election: Issue of Writ (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Zero tolerance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht le Daoine Óga (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh agus tá fíor-fháilte romhaibh anseo inniu. I dtús báire ba mhaith liom a rá le Coilín mar gheall ar thábhacht na Gaeilge cara, liom tá sé ag obair sa Lucsamburg agus bhí sé i scoil lán-Ghaelach i mBaile Átha Cliath sul a ndeachaigh sé ansin. An rud a dúirt sé liom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht le Daoine Óga (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Ní aontaím mise leis sin agus bhí mise óg ag an am sin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht le Daoine Óga (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: Nár tháinig athrú ar sin coicís ó shin?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the need for greater transparency over the profits and taxation of banks as part of the implementation of the Basel III accord in the European Union, which is currently under discussion, in view of the recent experience here of what a lack of transparency in banking can lead to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Agreements (5 Mar 2013)

Robert Dowds: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the manipulation of a double tax convention between Ireland and Zambia by Zambia Sugar to avoid paying withholding taxes in either jurisdiction, if he will consider following the example of the Netherlands and Denmark and reviewing all such tax treaties with developing countries to ensure they are fit for purpose, thereby preventing such...