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- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: Subhead D is appropriations-in-aid. I will lead on this should anyone else wish to contribute. Can the Minister give us information on subhead D.6, the Dormant Account Fund, where there is an increase of €1 million? Subhead D.7, EU receipts under the EU Programme for Peace and Reconciliation have gone from zero to €740,000. What is that for? Furthermore, has she had any...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I appreciate the Minister's answer. That concludes the analysis of each subhead. Do members have any final comments?
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I thank the members for their contributions. On behalf of the members I thank the Minister and her officials for the responses to our questions and for attending the meeting. As we have completed our consideration of the Revised Estimates for Vote 40, in accordance with Standing Order 90 the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I have a question on the LIS. I wanted to understand the nature of how it works as per the accounts from 2016. How is the determination made as to where money is allocated? I am clearly going somewhere with this question.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: How do the officials go about creating the scheme and what are the criteria for applications?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I know that; I am referring to 2016, when the Department was funding it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: The fact it was sent to the new Department suggests to me that it is something that is only considered under the auspices of rural communities. Is that a fair assessment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I do not wish to be parochial on this committee; I tend not to do that. However, in recent years since the scheme was reintroduced, my experience in my constituency of Fingal, which is nearly 500 km2, received nothing. When the Minister, Deputy Ring, announced a new allocation, I queried it with the council and was told that it had to fund it out of its own allocation. I am trying to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: While it is not by design, it is effectively exclusionary in its application across the country.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I understand that entirely. That is fine. Can the witnesses give me further information on the criteria and the expenditure under the local authority swimming pool programme, LASPP, which is under the heading we are discussing, if I am not mistaken. I think that it is the local authority rather than Transport Infrastructure Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I might ask that this information be provided.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: That is fine. I thank the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: It would be very helpful if the Department could provide us with a fairly detailed list.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I understand exactly what the Chairman is saying and I agree with him. The design of the system is inherently discriminatory because of the disparity between the prices of motor taxation for old and new cars. Of course the disparity would get worse and worse the older the cars are. I would like to see the numbers. How many cars are on the road? I am told the figure is 2 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I would like to know how old those cars are.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 8: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Local Government Fund Financial Statement 2016
Special Report No. 97 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Administration and Collection of Motor Taxes (8 Mar 2018) Alan Farrell: I know that. I refer to the specific year of manufacture. How far back are we going? Should we introduce a scrappage scheme? If there are a lot of cars that are 15 or 20 years old, which might, but only barely, pass the national car test, NCT, road safety and environmental issues present themselves. The point the Chairman is making is that if we can help people to replace those cars with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for providing their opening statements in advance. I thank Mr. Seamus McCarthy and his team for the clear audit and Mr. John McCarthy for the work his Department has done in ensuring its books will pass muster. I note with thanks the work of the Department and the local authorities during the recent eventful weather event. Their efforts were most appreciated. In the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: That is appreciated. The Comptroller and Auditor General has alluded to the fact that we will have one more year-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I appreciate that the Comptroller and Auditor General would not have read the point if he had read his opening statement beforehand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (8 Mar 2018)
Alan Farrell: I will spend a little time discussing the Mahon tribunal which features under the heading of audit. I was surprised to see that it was still current, given that the tribunal's report had been published in 2012. I would have expected the tribunal to have been concluded in 2013 or 2014, yet it appeared in the 2015 Appropriation Accounts. Expenditure amounted to €120 million and a...