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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are very welcome and I thank them for the information and briefing documents provided. I also thank the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General for his briefing documents because they are very helpful. I also offer congratulations to the Department on a clear audit except in relation to procurement, which I will come to. My attention was caught by the list of positive...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand that. Strategies had to be brought in because of inequality and the failures to deal with it. Now that we have the strategies, what steps follow? Mr. O'Driscoll is telling me there is a very clear follow-up. What is that follow-up?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is there equality proofing and poverty proofing of actions that are being taken, particularly when it comes to the budget?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Will we see something open and accountable where this has been implemented?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Baxter is nodding about this.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: With regard to the opening statement and the Vote, money has been saved on the Magdalen laundry ex gratiascheme. We had that scheme and its extension as a result of the Ombudsman's report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: It disappointed me that we needed an Ombudsman's report. I thought we might have learned from all of the schemes we have had and rolled it out properly. Will Mr. O'Driscoll update me on why there are savings? I am on page 20, relating to the Magdalen fund. The Estimate provision was more than €4 million. The outturn was substantially below that. We all know that there is a delay...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Where are we now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I think there were 17 outstanding.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is that for particular reasons?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What is the total number of applications under the scheme and extended scheme? How much has been paid out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: For 721 applications? How many were successful?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: How many applications were there in total? If Mr. O'Driscoll does not know, a note will suffice.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We are working on 721 applications that have received a total payment of €27.4 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There are 97 and seven have been paid out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Explain the other 89.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Some 52 were refused under the old scheme and have to go through this scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: How are we doing with the time for this process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Why is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Why has it taken so long to put in place something as basic as data sharing?