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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I am really taken aback. An Bord Pleanála has policies that are written down.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It has things it is required to do. They are not tick-box exercises. What I am really surprised about is the lack of rigour and the lack of systems when it comes to making sure they are enforced. I am really taken aback by that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Walsh accept that they are part of good governance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Walsh is the chair of An Bord Pleanála. The buck stops with him in terms of making sure these things are in place. Some of it is open to individuals having the integrity to declare while other things were not spotted. This screams of systems failure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Would An Bord Pleanála have done that if this had not all ended up being a big media story? Where was its review? It is what you do when nobody is looking that is the big deal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Has the OPR indicated to An Bord Pleanála what areas it is reviewing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Walsh has made it clear that for strategic infrastructure development and for strategic housing development there is a requirement for a three-member board. In Mr. Walsh's time as the chairman of An Bord Pleanála have there been any instances where the number of people making those decisions has been fewer than three?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Was that the only one, to the best of Mr. Walsh's knowledge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. Walsh have been involved in a two-member board himself or anything like that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
An Bord Pleanála - Financial Statements 2020
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Walsh.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to raise a couple of points in regard to the State Claims Agency. Am I correct in saying it receives the money back?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I got a response to a parliamentary question that indicated that the State Claims Agency received 90 claims in regard to Covid-19. They relate to service unit staff etc. It states in the reply that the State Claims Agency does not disclose its contingent liability figures for reasons of litigation sensitivity for a particular series or cohort of similar claims. However, it does presumably...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Is the contingent liability in the individual Department or in the State Claims Agency? Where does it reside? Is there a contingent liability stated?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Right. That is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: That is in advance of cases being decided.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask a question about the Child and Family Agency, Tusla. Is it structured as a charity?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: But it would not be for the entire organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The HSE is structured as a charity as well. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It would be quite useful to understand why that would be the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It would be quite useful to understand if Mr. McCarthy could give us a note.