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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: 204. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Gambling Control Bill to be published; the work that is being undertaken by his Department in respect of progressing the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31295/13]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: The Chairman chartered new territory in the meeting and I wish to ask a few related questions. I will not question Ms Tallon on the following point because I do not think it is appropriate. Was she aware of the meeting we had yesterday?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: We were very much present in her day yesterday. It is not appropriate for me to question her on the contents of what we heard yesterday and I will not do so. I ask that she read the transcript of what was discussed. It is deeply relevant to the testimony of the Department on this issue in the past. It would be beneficial for the work she does if she had the opportunity to do that. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Within that €4.9 billion would any authorities bear a disproportionate share of the indebtedness?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: I have a related question on the point made by the Chairman on the limited companies which may be related to local authorities. Is the indebtedness of any such limited companies included in the figures Ms Tallon gave to the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Given the scale of some of these companies, if any of them were indebted would it register in the indebtedness situation of the local authority or does it sit elsewhere?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: If a local authority set up an organisation to fulfil a particular objective and it incurred a degree of debt for whatever reason, would that indebtedness be included in the figure the local authority reports to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Do we have a separate track of what the figures are or whether there is a figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Do we know if there is a problem?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Is anybody flagging a problem at the moment? Some of the organisations involved are very large. I am not alleging or inferring anything, rather I am seeking to understand the situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Is there a process under way to find out the current position regarding debt in separate organisations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Has the issue of ghost estates been discussed, Chairman? If so, I will not raise it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Thank you, Chairman. Where do we stand in terms of the remaining number of estates and the response by the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In regard to the tribunals, which the Chairman touched on, we have discussed at previous meetings the question of claims that have not yet been invoiced. Is the Department awaiting any such outstanding bills?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Has this already been covered in the meeting, Chairman?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Yes, it is. Ms Tallon has narrowed the terms of reference of my question in a very helpful way. When we discussed this issue on the previous occasion, the point was made that the State cannot be invoiced for costs which have not yet been ruled upon. Ms Tallon has indicated that of the two thirds of claims in respect of which rulings have been made, we have been invoiced for less than one...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To clarify, is Ms Tallon referring to 22 invoices?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Will Ms Tallon elaborate on that process? What happens after Judge Mahon makes a ruling on costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: After Judge Mahon determines that a claim is the eligible, an invoice is submitted to the Department. The latter passes it on to the State Claims Agency which examines the cost to determine whether it is fair. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: Ms Tallon indicated that the State Claims Agency has achieved a reduction, in the claims it has settled, in the costs sought.