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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: What does Mr. McCarthy mean by "ad hoc"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: For direct provision.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am clearly talking about the latter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: That is not what I am asking about. I am asking about the emergency accommodation that is being provided.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: When Mr. Carthy refers to follow up, would the resident in any circumstances be told to first contact the intermediary?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In an extreme situation, the Department could withdraw all contracts with-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Department has done that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: If a hotel or property owner does not put in place the proper facilities and all the rest of it, the Department would withdraw its services from that location?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: What happens if that property was sourced via an intermediary? What would happen in that instance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. McCarthy keeps referring to a "small number" of instances. I know of-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----entire regions where, to my knowledge, all emergency accommodation is being delivered via intermediaries.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Are there any counties where, for example, there are more people being housed via intermediaries than via direct contracts?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the last two, Nos. 5 and 6, is the €137,000 in a separate bank account, I take it, under the auspices of this account?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Are there bank charges?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: In respect of the local loans fund, is it the case that there are no funds in that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Why do these entities still exist?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: Whose responsibility would it be to wind them down?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: It would be appropriate for us to write to the Department to ask if it has the intention to do that. On the Regulator of the National Lottery, I think we touched previously on this issue in respect of the pensions and that there is a liability of €3.2 million in terms of pensions. I presume that is accruing on an annual basis?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: What would the standard practice usually be in those instances?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Carthy: What does it mean when Mr. McCarthy draws attention to something but gives a clear audit opinion? What responsibility is there then or is there an added responsibility due to the fact that he has flagged that?