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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: 384. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive has cut a vital grant to Louth-Meath Down Syndrome by 60%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3220/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (26 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: 511. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rules and guidelines on how invitations will be issued to potential guests at the 1916 Commemoration Events, including those which apply to special guests, such as relations of those who are being commemorated. [2926/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State for his participation. I expect this is a subject on which the next committee will focus. It is clear this committee will probably be dissolved within the next few weeks and members will not be returning to this subject. However, we have asked the secretariat to write briefing papers in order that the next committee can pick up where the current committee is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I wish the Minister of State the best of luck in the coming weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I asked the Minister of State about that previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State for his positive assessment of our situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK Reform Negotiations: Discussion (20 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs, Deputy Dara Murphy, to the meeting to update the committee on the EU-UK reform negotiations. Prior to Christmas, the committee heard the views of Professor Faull on the current state of play. We are keen to hear the Minister of State's views on the situation. The Minister of State...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: I would appreciate it if the Acting Chairman would tell me when my three minutes are up. We have heard about the problems created by Storm Frank and other recent storms across the four corners of this island and the impact on places like Galway and Athlone. As Deputies have mentioned, however, the storms also impacted on the east coast. Many villages in my county of Meath, for example,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (13 Jan 2016)

Dominic Hannigan: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can demand back income tax with interest, having previously made the mistake of informing a person (details supplied) that they had no liability for income tax every year for a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46928/15]

1916 Quarter Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this subject tonight. I do not in any way doubt the motives of Fianna Fáil in bringing this Bill forward. It is right and proper that we commemorate those who died a century ago. The Minister mentioned that the Bill as currently drafted is ill-conceived, that it is not well constructed and that it could potentially be unconstitutional in some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off. I suggest that we go into private session for a few moments in order that we might deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Kevin Cardiff who is the Irish member of the European Court of Auditors. It is the independent external audit institution of the EU. In its annual report on the EU budget, the court gives its opinion on the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the transactions that underline them. This year, the court has made interesting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: We understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: Is Mr. Cardiff referring to a farmer over-estimating the size of his holding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: The court is not saying it is efficient but is just looking at whether-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: It could seem quite high compared with what we are spending on competitiveness, given it is €9 billion versus €13 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I accept the audit has a very low error rate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: To clarify, those error rates do not relate to the number of errors in the transactions but to the monetary value.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2014: Mr. Kevin Cardiff (16 Dec 2015)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Cardiff. I will begin with a couple of questions. The first is with regard to the comment that Ireland is now a net contributor to the European Union by a factor of approximately €100 million a year, or €20 for every man, woman and child in the country. Bearing in mind we are still a situation where the economy is running a deficit and we spend more money than we...