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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Ms Shakespeare.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I wish to raise two issues, one regarding hubs. I referred earlier to the fact that a lot of people are moving to rural areas. While they want to work from home, they also want to work outside of home and they want to have facilities where they can work from. We have already rolled hubs out in some areas. What is the number of hubs that have been set up? Is it planned to further increase...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I had a particular difficulty with my own area where one hub was set up and the next nearest one was 25 miles away. Could we do a lot more on this, in view of the fact that there are a lot more people working from home? At the same time they want to get away from home from time to time as well so they can do work that needs a bit of peace and quiet. I do not mean that in the wrong way, but...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Okay. I will move on to another issue that is referred to in the accounts, namely, contingent liability and current court proceedings. I acknowledge Ms Hurley cannot discuss any individual case. What progress has been made on that as regards getting those finalised? Does she expect those issues to be finalised and the potential liability within the next six months?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I do not want to go into it specifics because I fully understand that it may not be possible for Ms Hurley to do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Is there liability for the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Is that the one in regard to the island?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: It was withdrawn. Is there only one other case?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: A timeframe cannot be given for a judicial review.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank Ms Hurley.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: One of the problems with this contract is that there are a lot items that are disputed or are going to be disputed. The project will be completed, but the dispute regarding outstanding, additional works where the contractor is looking for payment could go on for at least 18 months, if not two to three years, after the project is fully finished. That would be one of the problems regarding...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2023)

Colm Burke: Absolutely.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Since October, 219 cases of invasive group A streptococcus have been reported. There was extensive coverage on RTÉ and in theIrish Examinerat the weekend of the sad death of Vivienne Murphy in 2019 and the lack of a proper paediatric unit in Cork University Hospital, CUH. There is a paediatric unit there and the staff are working extremely hard. There is planning permission for a new...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the governor for coming before the committee and for his presentation. In his statement on the insurance compensation fund, he said the role of Revenue is the collection of the contributions from insurers. In real terms, however, those contributions that the insurers pay is collected from the taxpayers. Am I right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: No, there is a 2% levy-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: -----put on insurance taken out by people. While the insurers can transfer the money, it is actually money collected by the insurers from the taxpayers. Am I correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes, but they are taxpayers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: In real terms, it is the ordinary person on the ground who is paying those contributions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: It is not the insurance companies that are actually paying. It is actually collected from people who are getting insurance. The fund to bail out Quinn came from the taxpayers. The sum was €1.1 billion. Am I correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Yes, and that money then has been collected from the people who are getting insurance in order to pay back that figure of €1.1 billion. Am I correct?