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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. Was the Department carrying out an inquiry before the Ombudsman's report into how it was operating the scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not accept that and I have read this. Ms McPhillips might tell me where I am wrong. Mr. Justice Quirke was very generous in the way he said the scheme should be administered. He said somebody who attended an institution should not be excluded from it. Does the witness accept that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Then the scheme was administered in such a way that anyone who was in an institution that was listed under the redress scheme could not benefit under this scheme. Is that not the way the Department interpreted it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is my understanding and I have read it. It was not even if someone applied and received redress but simply if she attended. For example, Lenaboy industrial school in Galway was listed under the redress board. If someone who attended it did not make a claim to the board but had subsequently gone to the Magdalen laundry in Galway, that person would be excluded under this scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Ms McPhillips does not need to be familiar with Galway. This is about the principle of the matter. I am giving a particular example in order to simplify. There was an industrial school at Lenaboy in Galway. Some of the people who resided there ended up in a Magdalen laundry. According to Mr. Justice Quirke, if someone attended an institution and got redress, she should not have her...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: No. Will Ms McPhillips read that part again? I often make mistakes, but I have taken a particular interest in this and have not made a mistake. The scheme was interpreted as meaning even if an institution was listed. The Department interpreted it in a narrow way that excluded people. That is the basis of the Ombudsman's report. It is one of the report's primary findings. There are 27...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Good. How many times was maladministration mentioned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I counted three. I am sorry - I will give Ms McPhillips a chance to answer. This matter is close to my heart.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will leave it with my next point, as this is the Committee of Public Accounts. I acknowledge that 691 applicants got awards. I acknowledge the Ombudsman's statement that some of the people whom residents dealt with were good, friendly and professional. There is a balancing exercise, but the Ombudsman also refers more than once to maladministration of the scheme. I do not accept the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I suggest that Ms McPhillips read it again. I do not mean to be sarcastic, but the Ombudsman is setting out his problem with the way the Department handled the scheme. The report is a result of only 27 complaints, so how many people have died who applied but did not get awards? Does the Department know?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Department aware of how many people came forward but were not around subsequently to get an award?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Twenty-five had died.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: No. I beg Ms McPhillips's pardon. I should have made myself clear. I have a few practical questions on our obligations under the relocation and resettlement programme. Ms McPhillips mentioned a figure of over 1,000 people under the resettlement programme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I accept that. It is progress. Our commitment was to take in 4,000. Where are we in that regard? Was that commitment to be fulfilled by the end of this year or last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We must be clear. The Government committed to taking in 4,000 refugees by the end of 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Please. I do not want to take up too much time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I had thought it was 4,000. By when?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is Mr. Kirrane sure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: How many people were we to have taken in by that date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 13 - Development of ICT Systems by the Department of Justice and Equality
Vote 24: Justice and Equality (26 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will be stopped shortly, so could we get a note on that, please? It was my understanding that we were to take in 4,000 under the relocation and resettlement programme. Could we get a note on how matters stand currently?