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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I will follow that up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: That is on Valentine's Day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I agree with that in the sense that this came up almost by accident when we looked at the cases that were set out in the annual report and we began to ask a few questions on it. We need to tease it out. As I understand, it there are 34 live cases and that figure has changed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: There were acknowledged and unacknowledged thalidomide cases. There were so many levels that were just emerging 50 or 60 years afterwards.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I raised it at the time and then we received correspondence subsequently that filled out the information. We received more information but it is unfolding so I would certainly like it to be included when the State Claims Agency is in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: In fairness to the State Claims Agency, it did send correspondence previously where it outlined the cases.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We should have the State Claims Agency before us and ask questions to get as much information as we can but we should not direct it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: We can certainly highlight it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I agree. I only object to directing the State Claims Agency.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The issue is the mediation. It says in the transcript that mediation had been ongoing and then it was subsequently explained that nobody has officially terminated it but there has been no mediation since December 2016. Those are all issues to be explored.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy should set out the answer he wants.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: The witnesses are welcome. I thank them for all the information. I congratulate Bus Éireann on being the first group to come before us having complied with all procurement rules. I have not seen that previously. Well done. I am aware that Bus Éireann is not audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. I thank its representatives for their co-operation. The officials from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Having got the congratulations out of the way, and having referred to the essential nature of the service, I must mention that the report is damning in respect of the Department's oversight. I realise that things have moved on since then. I suggest we should look at the conclusions in the report. Even though this is ostensibly a cost-based service, the report identifies serious flaws in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Ó Foghlú-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am talking about the fixed charge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: I am not questioning how it was used. I accept that it was probably used for the good of the service. It is now gone. It has been highlighted that this surplus was not reported in the Department's statements. I refer to the paper record and the justification for it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Has that direct management charge gone?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: As such, the 13% management charge has been kept. It is still in existence. The surplus is gone.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: This is an area that has been the subject of many reviews. I read one review from 2016 that refers to 11 reports since 1977. We have more reports. It has been subject to significant analysis. I wish to raise the Department's supervision and the lack of a service level agreement. The opening statement said that there is a service level agreement and it is now under review. When did that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Catherine Connolly: Why did that not come in sooner? An essential service covering so many pupils had no service level agreement. My time is limited, but I note that the Comptroller and Auditor General has itemised the lack of oversight in his report. He specifies what should be there. Why did that not happen sooner?