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Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Would the Comptroller and Auditor General's belief that there was no desire to deal with the matter be a concern to Tusla?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Could Tusla draw up a note for me in respect of the process? I think there is a valuable lesson to be learned here, particularly if these issues arise again. Maybe Ms Hanna can explain where Tusla got the advice that it should make a disclosure rather than a complaint. Perhaps public bodies need to be educated on their actual requirements. If a body simply reports something without making...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: How much was recouped?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: How much has Tusla recouped?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Nothing?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: How many years later is that?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is that the full extent of it? Was there not an agreement between the local service provider and the individual involved, whereby he would make a contribution of €25,000 and not the full amount? I do not know if the Comptroller and Auditor General is aware of that. Is he aware of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: While the Comptroller and Auditor General is searching, I would just say to Ms Hanna that I am not assured because not one single cent of the money has been paid back. Notwithstanding the fact that Tusla is involved in legal discussions, what I would put to Ms Hanna is that there were problems with processes in the first place, as far as I can see, in terms of how this was dealt with,...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Not one cent has been paid back to date. There was also an agreement reached between the individual and the local service provider that he would only pay back half of the amount that was due, but even that has not been paid back. That does not fill me with confidence or assure me that this issue has been taken seriously and been dealt with properly. I ask Mr. McCarthy to confirm that an...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Was an agreement reached locally that he would pay €25,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: This was before it was subsumed into Tusla. That would have been in 2015 or was it 2014?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: So it was afterwards-----

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Fine, but do the witnesses take my point that there are lessons to be learned here? Also, I ask them to give the committee an update as to the legal position at the moment and when they expect to get the money back. I am sure the taxpayers watching will want every cent of it back, if there was a double claim. I think the individual involved accepted liability and admitted to wrongdoing at...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I have just one more question. Given that we are under time pressure, the witnesses might come back to me on this after the meeting. I am looking for details on the turnover of social workers. It is my understanding that it is quite high but perhaps the witnesses might be able to give us the numbers very quickly. Is Tusla having difficulties with retaining staff in this area? It has been...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is that the grade of advanced social worker practitioner? Is that grade still in existence?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I do not expect him to have the details at his fingertips now but I ask that Mr. McBride would write to us and tell us the turnover, year on year, over the past two or three years, just to give us some flavour as to whether there is a difficulty.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is 7% the turnover?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Would that be unusually high or would it be a typical figure across the public service?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: What I will do, given the time constraints, is write to Tusla with some follow-up questions in terms of the specific details I am seeking. I will leave it at that for now. I thank the witnesses for their responses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/17]