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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: The Committee of Public Accounts is answerable to the electorate in making sure the finances of the State are managed in a proper manner. The sum of €30 million was put aside. A court decision said there had to be security of costs. That was €30 million that was risked on behalf of taxpayers. Surely we are now entitled to know the outcome of that risk taking.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. Molloy says it will be reflected in the accounts in July. How will it be reflected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Chair-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: For clarification, it was a Supreme Court decision that ordered the security costs so it was an order of the Supreme Court.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes, that is the question, and I mean-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: The Supreme Court decision is in the public domain and the amount for the security costs is in the public domain. As the State provided the security, what was the risk for the State? In fairness, we are entitled to know when that gamble was taken and it is a gamble.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: We are entitled to know the final outcome.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: There are a number of items of concern here. My apologies but I should have flagged them for discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay, my apologies.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional funding that will be provided to local authorities to enable them to take in charge housing estates which were partially finished prior to 2008, and which require additional work to be carried out before they are taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing estates including the number of houses which were completed prior to 31 December 2008, and which have still not been taken in charge in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will put in place a regulation which will require local authorities to take action within three years from the date that a commencement notice is submitted to them in respect of the completion of housing estates, in particular where a substantial portion of the houses have been completed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is engaging with stakeholders (details supplied) with regards to the establishment of a nationwide teacher transfer system for post primary teachers, in view that the devising of an appropriate online portal on which teachers seeking voluntary redeployment/transfer could enter their details to seek a direct swap with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (21 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting students who do not hold a H4 grade in Leaving Certificate Irish to undertake the Professional Masters in Education for primary teaching and gain the necessary qualifications in Irish within this programme, in order to address the shortage of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work to improve processing time of work permits; the work being done to improve the efficiency of the work permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9260/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Will the Minister outline the current state of play in respect of the processing of work permits? At one stage, the time from application to getting a permit was approximately 20 weeks, although there has been a dramatic improvement in that. I ask the Minister to outline what work has been done to make it an efficient system.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: It is very much welcome that the time period has improved dramatically. I thank the Minister and the Department officials for the work they have done in assisting that improvement. Getting a work permit is one issue and then there is the issue of visas. I understand an interdepartmental committee was set up between the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: Can the Minister not set a timeline for the Departments to work out a solution to this problem? A big complaint I hear, for instance, is that medical practitioners who are going to New Zealand or Australia can get a visa and work permit sorted in a week, whereas we still have a glitch in our system whereby a person can get a work permit but cannot get a visa. I encourage the Minister to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: The Mazars report was commissioned in 2018 and completed and furnished to the Department of Health in January 2020.Three years later, it has not been published. The report arose as a result of the 2018 examination by the health committee, of which I was a member, of the roll-out of orphan drugs and the delaying process that is in place. The health committee's report set out 15...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Minister of State. I am concerned about the definition of "imminently", the last word he used. Are we talking about today or next week? Rare diseases day is next Tuesday and I wonder whether the report can be published beforehand. It is not just about publishing the report but also about implementing the changes required. Ireland ranks 26th out of 34 countries in Europe on...