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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: With regard to the honesty box issue, which is separate from the petty cash issue, I understand it was subject to an investigation by An Garda Síochána. Is that matter concluded?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: That is regrettable under the circumstances given the outcome. I will talk very briefly about procurement before I move on to Oberstown. From my experience, I have no doubt that every single Department and body that has appeared before this committee over many years has had procurement issues, overruns, underestimations, instances of non-compliance with procurement rules, instances of not...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Oberstown is located in a rural area near Lusk in north County Dublin. The town has a population of 10,000. It is a large town by the Chairman's standards. It is approximately 10 km north of Swords, so it is perhaps 12 km or 13 km north of Dublin Airport. It is a very rural location, although it is very well served by a former national road that would get one there pretty quickly. One...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: All the doors and frames were different sizes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Was there any attempt on behalf of the Department to recoup any of that? Was it able to do so?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Under A4, there is €2.1 million relating to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Before Dr. Lynch moves on, can we go back to the €775,000? I am not entirely sure what his answer was on that. There was a negotiated settlement. As a State, we expended €775,000 correcting a contractor's mistake. Is it established that it was the contractor's mistake?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Did the State cover the €775,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: Is Dr. Lynch confident as the Accounting Officer that the taxpayer got value for money?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: I am sorry for interrupting.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: I am pleased to hear that. I will move on because I am sure my time is limited at this stage. I refer to community childcare subvention, CCS, and community education training supports, CETS. I fully understand, appreciate and value what is being done and how it is being done. I wish we could treble it or quadruple the subvention and supports. The Department seems to be underestimating...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: That is still in October.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: We were all talking about the IT system a few years back. Forgive me as I have not read the note so I am not sure if it is included in that. Did we manage to achieve an on-budget delivery for that IT system build? What was the outlay in the end?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: It is still being built. What is the outlay to this point?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (13 Jun 2019) Alan Farrell: I appreciate that the current system is not ideal. I thank the witness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: Apologies have been received from Deputy Seán Sherlock and Senator Catherine Noone. I propose that we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I welcome members and also viewers who may be watching our proceedings on Oireachtas TV to the public session of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs. The purpose of today's meeting is to meet the Ombudsman for Children and representatives of the Children's Rights Alliance to discuss the impact of homelessness on children. On behalf of the committee I welcome Dr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I thank Dr. Muldoon. I call Ms Ward.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Mooney and Ms Ward, who have both emphasised the need to enshrine housing rights in the Constitution. From a personal perspective, I believe the Constitution is a document of principle but the fine detail of what that means for any matter should not be in the Constitution. The fine details should be in legislation. That is my view and, given what we have done in recent years, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Alan Farrell: In fairness, it is not a choice and we all accept that. The practical reality is-----