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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Why?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Is there a differentiator? This is a question that has been raised with me multiple times by people in my constituency. At some centres, we have seen a reduction in demand for Ukrainian accommodation and a replacement in some areas of the country whereby IPAS migrants are coming in through different processes and being offered accommodation by the State. Is there a difference between the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Mr. McCarthy has clarified one aspect of the disinformation circulating. Could he explain to me why, at a number of centres around the country, so much relocation of people is ongoing? I will give him an example although I do not want to be too specific. Within a certain town, the case of a number of people who had settled into the community with their children and who had begun working...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Mr. McCarthy said something interesting. Does he feel there is a catalyst in that because there may be a financial benefit for owners of centres with huge numbers of Ukrainian families to replace them, quite frankly, with families coming in through the asylum process or other relocation methods?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Is the Department analysing the communities that were most impacted by such decisions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Some 65% to 70% of hotel bed capacity in Youghal was wiped out. The financial impact on that town has been detrimental. I see it on Main Street. I know I am using a parochial example. We are not alone but we are one of the worst impacted in the country. The Department’s modus operandi for the next number of months should be around the reduction in tensions within communities....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is considering increasing investment in flood relief schemes in 2024 and 2025 to expedite the delivery of necessary schemes as a means of preventing major flooding events in urban communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15765/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: I want to extend my welcome to those appearing before us this morning. Why did IFI seek dormant accounts funding for its angling programme? Could the rationale behind that be explained? Who of the participants in today's meeting was involved in that particular process?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: I think 2018.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the reason IFI sought it, it aligned with the organisation's strategic objective. What would that be?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: How much dormant accounts funding was awarded to IFI following its first application? When was its first application?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: I think it was closer to €400,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: I might just remind upon the fact that Ms Campion are before the public accounts committee and we have an interest in is the IFI accounts. I assume Ms Campion would have known this would have been a pretty pertinent issue before she walked into this room today. So she does not have them.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: That is pretty appalling.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Can Ms Campion get them before the end of today's meeting if we request them now?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: We might just steer clear of the figures for a moment but I just want to ask. I would like to see them for 2018, 2019, 2020 and subsequent to 2020 if it was indeed requested, if that is okay with Ms Campion.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: 2020, if that funding was requested.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: Up until now, if Ms Campion can provide that to the committee. I am asking for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Apr 2024)

James O'Connor: In terms of the process used by IFI for the administration of that funding, could Ms Campion provide a breakdown of IFI administration costs per year in the administration of that funding and the amount spent on the actual programme delivery by IFI? Are others approved by IFI for the expenditure of that funding? I also assume that Ms Campion would have approved budgets for each dormant...