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Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Is there an estimate as to what those penalties will be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: That is €230,000 in addition to the €460,000 relating to the other matters. In total, you are talking about €700,000, give or take, of penalties that will go to Revenue. Turning to Mr. Moloney, how embarrassing is this for the Department of public expenditure and reform? Does the fact that his Department is subject to penalties of up to €700,000 from Revenue...

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: The interest is being imposed upon the Department due to the late payment to Revenue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: The Department may not in fact face penalties, but rather just interest. Is that right? It might face penalties in addition to the interest.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: The interest the Department is paying as a result of this, in addition to the moneys that were available to us, is €700,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: The interest is not technically a sanction then, as such.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Ms Kelly said the Department will have to make a qualified disclosure that has not been made yet to Revenue. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Questions of penalties will arise from Revenue after that qualified disclosure has been made. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Is it not a very serious issue for the Department that this issue has arisen? Has there ever been a case like this where the Department of public expenditure and reform is making qualified disclosures to Revenue regarding revenues it has not paid that could ultimately be subject to penalties at the levels we are talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I do not know whether the Comptroller and Auditor General will have the answer to this at his fingertips. Over the lifetime of the Ireland Apple escrow fund, did it lose or gain money up to its dissolution? It is approximately €470 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I thank all the witnesses for attending. Ms Fitzgerald mentioned her own experience of care with her parents and her in-laws. She did the same when appearing before the health committee, presumably to demonstrate she is a real person with empathy and a level of understanding. Would she be happy to have any of her loved ones in an Emeis Ireland-run nursing home right now?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Therefore, Ms Fitzgerald would not put her loved ones in those two nursing homes. Emeis Ireland currently operates 23 other nursing homes. Am I right in saying that HIQA has taken a decision not to allow any further entrants into the 25 nursing homes that Emeis Ireland runs?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: As matters stand, in terms of the group I hear what Ms Fitzgerald is saying in a regulatory sense, but obviously this group has suffered enormous damage to its brand, credibility and trust. Would Ms Fitzgerald be confident having any of her loved ones right now in a nursing home in the Emeis Ireland group? I think she sort of said she would not be happy having her loved ones in the two...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Ms Fitzgerald is at the public accounts committee, a public committee. The public out there just want to know. HIQA is the regulator. If people working for HIQA are not satisfied to put their loved ones in an Emeis Ireland-run nursing home, how can the public be satisfied that they can safely put their loved ones in an Emeis Ireland-run nursing home? It is a fairly simple question. Given...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Ms Fitzgerald said at the health committee that the first time she saw footage of what took place in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme was in fact when the programme was aired. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I am not trying to be personal about this, but where did she watch that programme as a matter of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: I am not trying to put personal accountability on Ms Fitzgerald, but she is at the top of this organisation. When she was sitting on the couch watching it at home, how did she personally feel watching that, leaving aside all the legalese and regulatory structures? She mentioned her in-laws and her parents. How did she personally feel watching that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: Had Ms Fitzgerald ever seen anything worse?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: In her entire time as-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

James Geoghegan: If someone making a difficult decision and looking at nursing homes in the area in which they live were to learn that one of them was an Emeis Ireland-run nursing home, Ms Fitzgerald will understand the fear that person would have of putting their loved one, whether a child or partner, in an Emeis Ireland-run nursing home, having watched the programme.