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Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: The witnesses are now just competing with each other for accuracy.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any European educational funds which members of the European Union can avail of through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30530/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: 331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will specify the breakdown of the numbers of females and males who have acquired finance under the microfinance loan fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30287/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (25 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revisit the possibility of having new medical stoma appliances and accessories made available through the GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30524/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: I welcome Ms Tallon, Ms Burke and their officials. I will begin by addressing questions to Ms Tallon. The local property tax kicks in on 1 July and becomes a new funding method for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. The Department was charged with introducing and collecting the household charge for the past year. May I have an update on the levels of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Had Ms Tallon set a target for the collection of the household charge when it was introduced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Did Ms Tallon budget for the full €160 million?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: The target was €160 million, but €133 million was collected, generating a shortfall of €27 million. How did the Department cope with the shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: It did not affect the collection rate of the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Ms Tallon mentioned that next week the Revenue Commissioners will assume responsibility for collecting this money from the 20% of people who have not paid. Is data sharing going on? Is there a transfer process? Is data being handed to the Revenue Commissioners?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: How would Ms Tallon characterise the Department's performance and the performance of the local government sector across the country in the collection of the household charge? Is she satisfied with how the process went? Does she think the local authority system was a suitable place for it to be collected in the first place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: There were difficulties from the point of view of the local authorities and the perspective of the people who were trying to pay the charge. I have heard stories about local authorities across the country that have failed to acknowledge receipt of payment or have taken two or three months to cash cheques. People were wondering whether they had paid the charge. It seemed to be a bit of a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: The level of payment that has been achieved is 79%, which means that 21% of households are outstanding. It estimated that the value of the payments they owe is €27 million. That is before one adds on charges or interest. After 1 July, who has ownership of that outstanding amount of money? Is it to be recouped by Revenue for the local government fund, or is it to go to central...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: I assume the increased penalty on it will go to the same place.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: That is a loss for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. It is not going back.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: There was an incentive to ensure the collection rate was as high as possible.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: I thank Ms Tallon for her replies. I want to move on to Irish Water. We are in similar territory because this involves another new charge that will be applied to households across the country. I think the communication issues mentioned by Ms Tallon a moment ago will come to the fore again when Irish Water rolls out its water charges. Irish Water has been established. I understand Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Ms Tallon mentioned that the tenders for regional contractors are going out. Did I read correctly in the media that three regional contracts are being put on offer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Given that Irish Water has not yet been established and the Department is still engaged in its establishment-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Derek Nolan: Was the regional contract set for the metering programme?