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Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (28 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent legal opinion has been commissioned to assess the suitability of the current structure of an organisation (details supplied), as recommended by a recent report; if so, if the report has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9656/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: The Mazars report was commissioned in 2018 and completed and furnished to the Department of Health in January 2020.Three years later, it has not been published. The report arose as a result of the 2018 examination by the health committee, of which I was a member, of the roll-out of orphan drugs and the delaying process that is in place. The health committee's report set out 15...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. I am concerned about the definition of "imminently", the last word he used. Are we talking about today or next week? Rare diseases day is next Tuesday and I wonder whether the report can be published beforehand. It is not just about publishing the report but also about implementing the changes required. Ireland ranks 26th out of 34 countries in Europe on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work to improve processing time of work permits; the work being done to improve the efficiency of the work permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister outline the current state of play in respect of the processing of work permits? At one stage, the time from application to getting a permit was approximately 20 weeks, although there has been a dramatic improvement in that. I ask the Minister to outline what work has been done to make it an efficient system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: It is very much welcome that the time period has improved dramatically. I thank the Minister and the Department officials for the work they have done in assisting that improvement. Getting a work permit is one issue and then there is the issue of visas. I understand an interdepartmental committee was set up between the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Can the Minister not set a timeline for the Departments to work out a solution to this problem? A big complaint I hear, for instance, is that medical practitioners who are going to New Zealand or Australia can get a visa and work permit sorted in a week, whereas we still have a glitch in our system whereby a person can get a work permit but cannot get a visa. I encourage the Minister to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and for making themselves available this morning. The €738 million was paid out without all the proper procedures being followed. Mr. Molloy talked about two major organisations, namely the Department of Finance and the Central Bank. Not just one organisation, but two, made a mistake. Surely there should have been a checks-and-balances...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Is Mr. Molloy saying there was a glitch in the system because it was in the run-up to a bank holiday weekend?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Was there not a delay in notifying the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: The error was made on the Friday. When was it actually identified as an error?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: There was a delay in real terms from the time the error was identified until Mr. McCarthy's office was notified.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Is Mr. Molloy satisfied that there are enough mechanisms now in place to ensure an error like this will not be made again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Is the Department of Finance satisfied it has enough checks and balances in place to ensure an error like this will not be made again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I will move to a completely different issue about the ICF and Quinn Insurance Limited. The State paid €1 billion to the ICF. There was litigation against the auditors of the company, PwC. My understanding is that the case has been settled. Is the Department able to disclose the settlement figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Surely the figure appears somewhere in the books. In such circumstances, how can it be confidential? The figure that was paid over has to appear somewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: This is a case where €1 billion had to be paid out by the State through the compensation fund. There is now a 2% levy on each policyholder. That will continue to be the case for quite some time. Surely we are entitled to know the settlement involved. A security of costs in an amount in excess of €30 million had to be lodged to allow the case to proceed. Are the taxpayers...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: What is the story with the money that was lodged for security of costs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: State money was provided as security of costs. Surely we, as taxpayers, are entitled to know if that money has now been refunded. We are also entitled to know was the risk worth taking. If the case settled for €1, the risk was obviously not worth taking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Surely the Department can come back to us with a note in respect of the security of costs issue.