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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I know the Taoiseach will share the frustration of many parents of children with different abilities as they wait for assessments of need and then interventions, treatments and therapies. One of the real difficulties in delivering that service is the level of vacancies for the posts. In CHO, 9, my CHO, we have a vacancy rate of 35%. It is difficult for any service to deliver if 35% of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for constitutional amendments. [9938/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the announcement today regarding the appointment of a chair of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use. I also welcome the early date of 14 April for its first meeting. While it is very unlikely a constitutional amendment will be required as a result of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use, it will make recommendations. I am conscious that we are midway through the Government's term....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve legislation to allow for the use of CCTV for enforcement against breaches of waste and litter legislation. [9925/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the Minister of State outline the plans of the Government has to implement the provisions of the circular economy Bill to assist local authorities in the use of CCTV to tackle illegal dumping? We know it is not the silver bullet it is often presented as, but it is an important tool for local authorities to tackle the scourge of illegal dumping in many of our communities.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the update from the Minister of State. He referenced earlier that many of us in this House have served time on local authorities. The issue of illegal dumping was one we were all extremely frustrated with. When it was possible in Dublin City Council, sometimes when it was done at night-time or at obscure angles or when the face was covered, it did not provide the evidence that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister of State's visit to the north inner city. He is welcome to come and visit my own constituency. He is right; it does go in scale. It can be a matter of a bag in a bin or it can be a matter of a washing machine and a half a tonne of a truck in a laneway. We need proportionate responses and we also need swift action in this regard. I urge the LGMA and the CCMA to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve the average wait time for the better energy warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9924/23]

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome that the Minister of State has brought the Bill before the House. I am sure she would acknowledge the work of her predecessor, the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, in preparing this Bill.

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is an example of how we are trying to work with the credit union movement to try to improve on what everyone in the House agrees is an important and essential service. We have to remember where the credit union came from. It came from communities where there may not have been a lot of money. It was a way of avoiding people having to turn to moneylenders who were known to knock on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses. Mr. Breen will be aware that last week we had representatives from Revenue, the Central Bank and the Department of Finance with us in pursuit of our examination of the insurance compensation fund, ICF. The NTMA Act of 2000, as amended in 2018, provides that the State Claims Agency carry out certain functions in relation to that fund, including due diligence of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Breen is suggesting there is an automatic obligation in the legislation to provide that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The case in question is difficult without all the details before us, but it involved two private parties, namely, Quinn Insurance Limited and PwC. It did not specifically involve an injured party seeking the benefit of the fund. It was clear the security of costs was requested by one party and public money was used to provide that security of costs. Mr. Breen can understand our concern to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: My understanding was the drawdown happened after the 2018 amendment, and therefore during the time the agency administered it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It was, if I remember correctly, in the year 2020 that somebody made an application to the High Court to withdraw €27 million. I imagined it was the State Claims Agency.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is useful to us in pursuing this. Mr. Breen is saying the State Claims Agency had no role in making an application for the drawdown of funds for that security case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is difficult to ask the next question but I will ask it. Is Mr. Breen aware of any public official or body involved in that decision?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is the great difficulty the Committee of Public Accounts has: we are also presuming but have very little evidence before us. There is a glaring hole of governance around this fund which is not primarily for Mr. Breen but, as he is the person who makes applications to the High Court to draw down money from the fund, I alert him to the huge concern in the committee. The real concern is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: These are payments the State Claims Agency has made.