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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I can appreciate that. The UK system is further down the road than us and has far more experience. I am speaking for individuals and not the corporate world. People who might not have the wherewithal to be able to pay money until a determination has been made are lumbered with further penalties and interest on the sum that Revenue makes. That is a recommendation that the committee will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: We can take that up with Revenue. On the IT system and the 2019 accounts, I note there is an underspend of €259,000. Ms Maney said a new IT system is coming in. In terms of the data that the commission received from Revenue, are the systems compatible with each other?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is good to know. In her opening remarks, Ms Maney mentioned recommendations. I was unsure if she was speaking solely about the recommendations from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General that were all being worked through, or whether she was also referring to recommendations from the last time the Tax Appeals Commission appeared before the Committee of Public Accounts in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Some of them may form the discussions the commission had with the Department of Finance because some were outside of the commission's control but were recommendations from our committee. Ms Maney can come back to me on that. I do not have the recommendations to hand.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms Maney.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their opening statements. We all want to see a national children's hospital built, completed and fully operational as soon as possible. During our last engagement, we heard about the number of claims that were potentially outstanding. As other speakers noted, it is extremely regrettable and very worrying that we cannot get a handle on the cost....

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: Okay. In terms of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I am aware of that.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I accept that the recommendations that are under the board's control are the ones Mr. Gunning is addressing. I would not ask him to comment on any others. My next question is for Ms Prendergast. Is the Department of Health satisfied those recommendations have been implemented?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: There is ongoing engagement anyway between the Department and the development board.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: In his opening remarks, Mr. Gunning stated that he was hoping for a completion date in 2024 for the hospital. Is that early, mid or late 2024? No one foresaw this pandemic, obviously. Presuming all goes well between now and 2024, though, is he satisfied that timeframe will be adhered to?

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Devine for his reply. I am conscious of my time. Mr. Gunning mentioned the digital hospital.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I am sorry. I will come back in later.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I will ask two questions together if Mr. Gunning would not mind coming back to me. I was at another committee meeting so I ask Mr. Gunning to forgive me if he answered this question in my absence. There is a digital hospital element to the new children's hospital. Mr. Gunning has said it is going to be the first smart, digital hospital in Ireland. Give recent events in terms of ICT and...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is absolutely the case.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is good to hear. Mr. Gunning did not respond to my question about claims and cost overruns for the Tallaght centre.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: That is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: What about claims?

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: I am in the convention centre, so apologies for all the bells. At the outset, I wish to thank both Mr. Henderson and Dr. Lannon for their presentations. Apologies for not joining the meeting earlier; I was in the Chamber. I ask the witnesses to forgive me if I go over questions that have been covered. I heard some of the questions being asked, but I have a few of my own. As others have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2021)

Cormac Devlin: On the same issue as Senator Murphy, as you are Chair of this committee and since we serve on the same committee, I did not hear the radio interview but I read about it in a newspaper recently. I have to say I was shocked by your alleged remarks. As I said, I did not hear them. I would like you to clarify them, be that here today if we have time or, certainly, in a public forum. The...