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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (14 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on when his officials last met with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to discuss the delays in establishing new electricity connections to housing schemes, such as (details supplied); if he will provide an update on what his Department is doing to advance policy in this area; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of an application for a pension (details supplied); if she will ask her officials to review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (14 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 404. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49851/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (14 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 577. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (14 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of additional supports for students, when refunds will be issued to those who have paid their college fees in full prior to the Budget announcement; if a case can be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49854/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: We have two other speakers in this slot. Obviously, it is an important topic; they all are. We have ten speakers and after these two questions we have eight questions to get through in the remaining 35 minutes. I ask Members to be conscious of that. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett. He will be followed by Deputy Paul Murphy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Trade Missions (15 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Before I call Deputy Haughey, I welcome the Limerick ladies' 2020 Club to the Public Gallery. I know all Members here welcome them. Enjoy your day here, ladies. You are very welcome.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Trade Missions (15 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Can we stick to this question, please?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Trade Missions (15 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Deputy, the Taoiseach cannot answer questions on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the witnesses. It is good to engage with them again. There are a number of items they have highlighted and about which the committee has asked to speak to them, and in my limited time I would like to focus on the appropriation accounts, specifically Vote 11. In note 6.2, there is a heading on EU funding and it goes on to outline the outturn for 2022 against the Estimate. Within...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It relates only to programmes, therefore, and not to infrastructure as well. Does it relate specifically to programmes run? The reason I ask-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, it would be through the Department of Transport.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Fair enough. That is fine. In appendices A5 and A6, there are technical assistance costs for the regional assemblies and, below that, the special EU programmes body North and South programmes, both of which have underspent. Looking around at the members of this committee, I think we all spent time on local authorities prior to coming to the Oireachtas. For the regional assemblies, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Not on their main remit, as it were.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Would that be the same for the North-South programmes?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: What would that entail?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is that PEACEPLUS?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Keeping with the programmes that are under the Department's remit, Mr. Moloney also highlighted the Ireland-United States educational fund. Is this purely funding that the Department contributes or is it involved in it as well? If so, how?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Moloney for that. On Vote 39, the Government procurement section, I was taken with note 6 in the context of compensation and legal costs. Mr. Moloney outlines a number of cases in that, some of which the Department was successful in. I note that one of them was with the Court of Appeal in June 2022. Mr. Moloney goes on to outline the second case. Could Mr. Moloney provide...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Given the volume of contracts that the Department would be involved with through its various agencies and sections, how many cases per annum would it be contesting or dealing with on average?