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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: I thank the representatives for their attendance at the committee. I want to raise some of Ms Farrell's queries with the witnesses. There seems to be an anomaly between some families managing a fund and others not being given the opportunity. Is this correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Does Mr. Finn feel that the families should have an input or say in the investment strategy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Ms Farrell referred to what she and her group regard as a lack of transparency and accountability. How would the witnesses respond to those accusations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: When did that mismatch occur, and has it been rectified as of now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Is that to all 2,600?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Okay, but how many have been issued?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Some 120 have been issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Of the 2,600, 120 have been issued. Would the witnesses accept that a significant number of families are left in a vacuum in terms of information, without any knowledge or know-how about how the fund is being managed? Would they accept that that would give rise to questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: When did that change of policy occur?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did the Department of Justice and Equality receive communication of the concerns with the vacuum that occurred?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Did the Department receive correspondence from the Courts Service regarding the vacuum in terms of information and the number of statements that were issued? Did it receive communication about the concerns that the Courts Service had about not being able to issue the statements, that obviously reflected the concerns of the group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: I wish to revisit some of the questions about the investment profile. Is the point the witnesses are making that, because the awards were not significant enough, they had to rest those funds at a higher risk profile? Is that the calculation that the Courts Service made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Well, there is always risk, so-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Mr. Quigley says it is a least-risk approach, but he also said that he has had to engage in slightly higher risks to meet the calculated demands of the treatment profile or the needs of the person. Is there a mismatch or dysfunction within the courts, not necessarily with the Courts Service, where the witnesses are managing a fund that they see as being insufficient, and the Judiciary may...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: I know that, but obviously Mr. Quigley communicates within the committee structure. Is he party to the committee structure with the various members of the Judiciary?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Does the investment committee have a co-ordinated approach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: The Committee of Public Accounts report mentioned one case that will run out in the next two years, that six wards of court were defunded below €10,000, and 15 may not prove sufficient. Is that an accurate current profile of the number of cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Wards of Court: Discussion (11 Oct 2017)
Jack Chambers: Mr. Finn is saying that 22 cases of the 2,600 are at risk.