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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: Do any local authorities stand out with regard to the figures? Are there any local authorities that would be more ambitious with regard to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: On that €650 million figure, do any local authorities stand out more than others?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I refer to commercial rates. The figures Ms Tallon gave earlier were significant, namely, from a 93% collection of commercial rates down to 76%. We all would accept and understand the reasons for that dip. Is it the same when it comes to water charges?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: Are those similar?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: As Ms Tallon is no doubt aware, an amalgamation of city and county councils in Waterford is ongoing. I want to make a case that myself and others have made with regard to rateable town council areas, in my case, Dungarvan, and raise a factual situation that is problematic. When Dungarvan Town Council is compared to the city and county councils, the two other rateable local authorities, the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I thank the witnesses for their responses. My final question has to do with the same document. This matter has been raised in internal meetings and it has been raised publicly as well. It has to do with the city status of Waterford city. There appears to have been some ambiguity with regard to the city's status when this document was launched and discussed. When we asked questions...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I need to clarify this. I thank Mr. Dowling for his response. He needs to confirm that this will be dealt with in the legislation. That was the response and what we were led to believe when this document was issued. Can Mr. Dowling confirm that the city status of Waterford will be set out clearly in law?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (6 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I thank Mr. Dowling.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illegal Moneylenders (11 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences that have issued to moneylenders; the number of convictions in each of the past five years for illegal trading as a moneylender; the checks, if any, that are carried out by the Central Bank of Ireland on licensed moneylenders to ensure they are charging the declared interest rate; his plans to cap the rate of APR charged by moneylenders;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foreign Language Assistant Scheme (11 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or funding made available to primary or post primary schools for the provision of foreign language skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55212/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (11 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of call outs in each of the fire stations in Waterford City and county in each of the past five years. [55222/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (12 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 17 July 2012, the position regarding a foreshore licence application by Waterford County Council to enable repairs to be carried out to a pier (details supplied) in County Waterford; if he will ensure that there are no further delays; and when he expects this licence will issue....

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I welcome Mr. Cooney and his officials here this morning. I will go straight into the interim report on Uganda and the €4 million that was misappropriated. I understand that the money will be in our account within the next couple of days, which is good news. I do understand that this affair has had a profound impact politically and otherwise in Uganda. It is fair to say that the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: Mr. Cooney cannot yet answer the question with regard to other programme countries as the evaluation and audit unit is dealing with it. I asked about the specific fragment of the report which I read out with regard to no receipts being on file for payments to the Ugandan Government in 2010 and 2011.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: The report states in some instances receipts were not on file.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: The report also states receipts obtained were not adequately specific and did not have the level of detail required and that ideally receipts should detail any subsequent transfer of funds to specific accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: I will continue. As far as the report is concerned financial management as set out in the memorandum of understanding was not sufficiently followed up by the donors in terms of ensuring they had a clear and proper overview of funding and expenditure in the programme. However, they could not have had such overview because another fragment of the report stated that the peace, recovery and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: However, we never asked for it and we did not track it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: It is not just basic financial oversight which is an issue, it is also the structure of the programme and this was identified in the report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation (20 Dec 2012)

John Deasy: Fair enough. I must return to my question on the other programme countries. Is the answer that the evaluation and audit unit is examining the other programme countries to determine whether the same basic shortcomings were repeated elsewhere? Has it been determined whether this is the case or whether we do not have these problems? Which one is it?