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- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: It is an issue for another day, but I put it to Ms Graham that an annual rates bill of €60 million in respect of assets of €11 billion or €12 billion is very low. Any business man in the country would cut off his right arm to get such a low rates bill in respect of assets at that level of value. It would be very interesting to compare. A simple rule of thumb is that if...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: I wish to stick to this broad topic of Irish Water for my first round of questions, but if I have time I will return to the issue of land aggregation. The Department gave a subvention to Irish Water of €439 million in 2014, €399 million this year - 2015 - and €479 million next year. In addition, there are direct payments from the Central Fund. We will add it all up....
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Is Mr. McCarthy saying that the Commission for Energy Regulation determines the amount of the Local Government Fund subvention by the Department? I thought Mr. McCarthy was the Accounting Officer for that money, not the CER.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: It is not the energy regulator who has decided the level of the subvention; it is the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: I am applying to the Department’s handing over of a subvention the same procedures that I would apply to the Department of Health.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Now the Department will be able to break down that subvention in respect of the various social subventions that are included for the common good. For example, with school transport there is a cost but it is deemed a good social thing. I have no problem if that €399 million can be broken down in due course for the different types of things mentioned. Is it possible to work out how...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: That is great.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: That difference is reflected in the Estimates that were published on 15 October last year by the Minister on budget day and the Revised Estimates that are now before the committee. What is the difference in the subvention in the original Estimates versus the Revised Estimates to cover the change in policy? It is on my desk upstairs and I do not have it here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Has the subvention gone down?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Is the witness saying that the subvention to Irish Water is down by €59 million but the contribution to the local government fund is up by €59 million in the Revised Estimates?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Has the Department split it up under a different subhead?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: It will be a different subhead. I do not wish to take up too much time, but can the witness understand the concern of members of the committee that a subvention is going to an organisation without a service level agreement in place? Would he consider having something in place to protect the taxpayer? This is now a commercial semi-State company. We would not hand over €399 million...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: I will summarise the last point on Irish Water and I will come back to aggregation after Deputy McFadden has an opportunity to speak. In 2014, the subvention from the Department was €439 million and there is a direct contribution from the Department of Finance from the Central Fund of €185 million, which is a total of €624 million, and there were loans from the National...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Is that going through the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: What is the estimated cost of the conservation grant and administering that grant for this year and next year? Has Mr. McCarthy had any discussions about connection fees that Irish Water will be charging, as opposed to what was charged in the past through local authorities? Finally, in the past people could go to the Ombudsman if they had a difficulty with a local authority. Will they...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Would that exclude rates as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: Chairman, I will leave the Department's contribution to Irish Water for now and I will come back in on the land aggregation module.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: The Secretary General said to the Chairman, when we were finishing up on the last occasion, that the local government fund subvention was €439 million last year, €399 million this year and €479 million in 2016. The Secretary General was unable to go beyond that point and said there would be a new plan in place. As he knows well, his Department and every Department...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015) Seán Fleming: I asked about the local government fund.