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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: This is very basic in the administration of justice. Those systems are clearly not working.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: It is all coming back to legislation. That seems to be the excuse being used. It surely is a simple thing if a judge directs someone to hand in their licence that we have a system in place that can measure that accurately and tell us pretty well immediately if someone is contravening that order and has not handed in their licence by the specified period. One would think that would be...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: -----but it is not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: Is Mr. Mullan saying they do not have enough staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: Does Mr. Mullan believe the legislation is appropriate for it now?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: I have an issue with Mr. Mullan saying every time that it is a matter for us. Quite clearly it is not a matter for us if the Courts Service cannot accurately measure the number of people who were convicted and had their driver licence withheld, and present that figure to me. He is saying there is a 1% difference in figures there-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: There would be no family law done.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: This is incredible stuff. Ms Denning has said that one third of people hand in their driver licence in the court. That totally contradicts the RSA figures, which were: 6% in 2011; 7% in 2012; 9% in 2013; and 9% in 2014. In 2018 after the change in legislation, it went up to 13%. Those figures are a long way off one third of people. There is a serious contradiction in the figures and Mr....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: This is a straightforward fact. The fact is that a District Court judge issues an order that someone has to surrender their licence. We should be able to measure exactly what is handed in on that day and exactly what is not. It is the job of the Courts Service to ensure that we have the data to enable us to make decisions and legislative change if that is required. I have major concerns in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: We have been issued with an eight-page opening statement. I would have thought these issues would be an opportunity for the Courts Service to bring these concerns to the attention of the Committee of Public Accounts if the service is concerned that legislation is not operating correctly, that disqualified drivers are not being tracked correctly or that fines are not being collected in an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) Peter Burke: I am simply pointing out a fact. It is a simple matter to track drivers who are driving when they have not surrendered their licences, having been instructed to by the court. It is straightforward.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Registration (19 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting for debate this important matter and the effect it can have on SMEs throughout the country. SI 110 of 2019 set a date for the legal obligation to file beneficial ownership information with the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership of Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies, or the register of beneficial ownership, RBO. There may...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Registration (19 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, in which he states that S.I. 110 entered into force on 22 March 2019. However, from 22 March until 29 July, businesses could not do anything because there was no portal available through which to file their returns. There was a long period time in which businesses were sterilised and their hands were tied. I note that the Minister of State hopes...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Company Registration (19 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: I accept the Deputy's point about fairness. That said, making any late changes to the statutory instrument at this stage is likely to give rise to difficulties at EU level. If a pragmatic approach was adopted by the registrar of the RBO with regard to marginally late filings vis-à-vis the deadline, that would be helpful. However, I would reiterate that the register has been open for...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (19 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a request by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47326/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47807/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (20 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [47983/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied). [48370/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48367/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Nov 2019)
Peter Burke: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48368/19]