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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: Does that give a total of 48 cases in 2018?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: There were two contracts in that particular range in 2019.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: That is exactly what I am asking in respect of non-compliant procurement. This committee is about examining systems, practices and procedures. For my own interest, giving Polymetrika as an example of a contract in respect of which there was a non-compliant procurement, what would the practice be in regard to the Department-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: In general, what would the practice be in terms of the Department giving further contracts to a contractor it had previously engaged and which made a shambles of that previous contract? Would the Department ever have a practice of giving a second contract to a company that had not fulfilled a prior contract or had made a complete bags of it? Has the Department ever given a second contract...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: I assume the Department keeps a record of such things.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: In the case of what we have seen this year, would that type of contractor be awarded a contract again? We are talking about the use of public moneys.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: I am asking whether any such contractor would be likely ever to be issued another contract by the Department or would the latter, from a value for money position, say that it would not qualify this time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: A doubling of price is surely a grounds for exclusion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: If I may, Chairman, I want to quickly raise another issue. The media has reported this week all about the complete hames that was made of the Covid-19 contact tracing system. I have heard reports in the past week or so of schools that were asked to conduct tracing themselves, with staff and principals having to spend hours and days tracking down close contacts. What is the Department's...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: I have one final question.

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Sector: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: I want to touch on international travel. The report states it is vital that a testing regime be implemented given that 75% of our tourism is international and we depend on it. Heathrow Airport has a facility for testing on arrival. It is my understanding that other airports also provide this facility. The Government must give the go-ahead. Clearly this is with regard to when restrictions...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Imelda Munster: Travel agencies throughout the State have effectively been living under level 5 restrictions since March. They have no destinations to sell and nobody to sell them to. They are in dire straits. The Tánaiste recently said on the radio that travel agencies would qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme. Two days later, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, said...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 522. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to free local newspapers under level 5 restrictions in order to ensure that they can survive the lockdown period in view that advertising is the sole income available to newspapers of this type and advertising revenue will collapse under Level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 534. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be available for clubs that are struggling financially due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33092/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Laundering (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost in 2018 and 2019 for the disposal of toxic sludge relating to diesel laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33990/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Laundering (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost in 2018 and 2019 for the clean-up and remediation relating to diesel laundering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33991/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of fuel tank tests tested for marked fuel in 2018 and 2019; and the number of positive tests in each year. [33992/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual loss of revenue in 2018 and 2019 due to diesel laundering broken down by tax stream including VAT, excise duty and other relevant tax streams in tabular form. [33989/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: It is important the invitation is issued, and as fast as possible, in order that we can test how restricted or otherwise we will be in the context of Standing Order 218. If it stands, it leaves us with our hands tied behind our backs. I am curious to know if this matter was discussed recently at the Committee on Procedure and if we have an update-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Imelda Munster: Was there a vote?