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- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What impact does Ms Higgins think it will have on the survivors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Is the balance wrong?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Notwithstanding that Caranua is doing its best and the Comptroller and Auditor General is doing his best under the rules that govern him, is it fair to say the system, as it stands, is inadequate for Caranua to do its work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: No, the system. The Comptroller and Auditor General has a job to do which involves receipts, auditing and so forth. Given the delicate job Caranua has, is the system inadequate in providing care for the survivors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I know all of that. However, the answer is yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. I will move on. I presume the impact of auditing might add stress.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: I know that is how the world is. However, the system is inadequate for Caranua to do its job, notwithstanding that the Comptroller and Auditor General has done an excellent job under the rules that govern him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, but that is a nice way of saying it is inadequate. With regard to the €15,000 limit and bearing in mind that some of the matters included in the Act are extensions, home improvements, upgrades and the like, in a layman's view, €15,000 will not cover much work. Realistically, is that limit prohibitively low in terms of the vision and ambition of the types of service...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: How did Caranua come up with the figure of €15,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Was it a case of drawing heads together at the board and deciding to divide the number of likely applicants-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Was actuarial expertise used in the determination?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Was it financial expertise in terms of actuarial or certified accountants?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Effectively, an accountant made a pitch.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What analysis was used in terms of the survivors? Were there accountants for them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Okay, but there were no financial people specifically to indicate the types of things that could arise. Unless one is talking about very limited works to a new home, €15,000 will not cut it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Realistically, the schedule of services prescribed under the Act is not available because €15,000 is too low-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: What proportion of decision-making is weighted towards the budget rather than care?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: However, Caranua does not have the money to do what it wants to do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
Marc MacSharry: Will Ms Higgins explain the new system of prioritisation?