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Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Ms O'Connor never had any concerns in that respect.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: There is an aspect that I am trying to get my head around and it comes back to the statement by Mr. O'Brien at the outset, namely, that the HSE got value for money for the service that it purchased. I cannot square that opening gambit. Does Mr. O'Brien believe that there were no funds from the HSE that were used in an inappropriate manner? That goes to core of this. We could read all the...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I acknowledge that, but I feel it is being used as a defence. Mr. O'Brien can say the service cost X and that the HSE provided Y, but that does not address the core of my question. In the light of the level of detail into which the internal audit has gone - I am not going to refer to specific individual expenditure items - does Mr. O'Brien not have any sense whatsoever that there is a...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I suggest we need to go full circle and return to the core issues raised by Deputy Róisín Shortall and the Comptroller and Auditor General about the audits of these bodies. If the HSE's belief is that the services were provided and that there is no need to delve any further, how can we get to the actual meat of the issue, which is whether public funds were misappropriated?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: To be clear, is Mr. O'Brien saying he does not believe there has not been any misappropriation of public funds-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: -----or is he saying he is not prepared to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I have one last quick question. In respect of the helpline and its continued existence, Mr. O'Brien said that it costs more than the funds that were being provided for its running. The service has now been transferred to Pieta House. Has there been a full appraisal of the real cost of providing this service, with real checks and balances, against what was indicated to the HSE, and will it...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Given the commitment in the programme for Government to address the evolving educational curriculum, I welcome the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Education and Skills that computer programming and coding will be introduced into the primary school curriculum. Rather than kick this to the NCCA for prolonged consultation, will the Minister, Deputy Bruton, engage with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated to each local authority in 2014 from the Local Government Fund in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 636. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite surgery for a person (details supplied). [22354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 645. To ask the Minister for Health to abolish prescription charges for persons with intellectual disabilities as this cost is a burden on their already small incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 646. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further funding for sufferers of agoraphobia who require psychiatric counselling in their home as many sufferers are not receiving the support they require for this condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if sufferers of agoraphobia can receive funding support from the HSE for private psychiatric counselling as many sufferers require more counselling hours than are provided by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: UK Referendum on EU Membership (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the plans his Department has put in place to protect Irish farmers following the recent referendum result in which the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland voted to leave the European Union. [22393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Vehicles (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 835. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an application (detailed supplied) for a hackney licence was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 836. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who has applied for right of residency here, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child and who has passed the RSA driver theory test can be issued with a driver’s learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 837. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the provision of public transport services to the Kilmessan area in County Meath in order to reduce the amount of commuter traffic to Dublin on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/16]

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Home ownership is at the heart of this Bill, which was moved by Deputy Cowen. Owning ones home is at the very core of who we are for historical reasons, which do not need to be repeated here. The dream of owning a home has gone out of the reach of many people over the past five years. Even after the announcement of the housing strategy yesterday, there is a feature in today's Irish...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Why support it then?

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Nonsense.