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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Will the remainder of that fund remain available for other sources of finance across the portfolio?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Kelly outlined that some sectors will be impacted longer than others. The four companies we have been made aware of in that regard are: Aer Lingus with a €150 million loan; DAA, with a €40 million loan; Staycity, with a €30 million loan; and Finance Ireland, with a €17 million loan. How long does Mr. Kelly expect those arrangements to remain in place? Will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That is another good example of how so many businesses were supported throughout the pandemic by State intervention. I will turn to the State Claims Agency, for which there has been an alarming increase in its outstanding liability. The agency's outstanding liability is now three and a half times what it was in 2012. Why has the outstanding liability increased to such a degree?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Breen is correct in that mass actions are a significant portion of the portfolio, and it is interesting to note that figure of 30%. I will now turn to two areas where such liabilities do, or might, exist. During the pandemic, the governance arrangement was extended to private hospitals and the liabilities during Covid were also taken within the remit of State Claims Agency. Does the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: That is also related to the number of claims in 2019 compared to 2020. One might have thought that when everything was shutting down, the number of claims would also have been affected and been reduced, however, it seems to be the same figure. Does Mr. Breen expect a reduction in the number of claims in 2021 and 2022 as a result of less activity during the pandemic or does he believe there...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The other area the term "a mass claim" would be used is in the claims relating to the CervicalCheck screening programme. I understand the State Claims Agency was notified of 234 claims against the HSE regarding the CervicalCheck programme in 2020, which was an increase from 134 in 2019. Will Mr. Breen speak to us about the cost to the State for the 22 cases that have concluded to date in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Unfortunately, I have run out of time but perhaps subsequent speakers will pick up the point. Is Mr. Breen saying he cannot indicate to us the total cost to the State of those 22 cases at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Breen.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new local employment schemes contract will cater for walk-ins; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new local employment scheme contract will take account of current providers that experience issues with cash flow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48613/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place or planned to improve housing options for persons with a disability and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to tackle youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48641/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (7 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made under First 5, the whole-of Government strategy for babies, young children and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48703/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank Mr. Kelly for his opening statement and all our guests for attending. This morning in private session the committee completed the pre-legislative scrutiny report on the large-scale residential developments Bill. That Bill seeks to rebalance what many believe to be an error in the strategic housing development, SHD, legislation, that is, the removal of the community voice and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It certainly does and I appreciate the answer. I have another quick question if I am not out of time. Will Mr. Kelly speak a little about the rationale in head 4 of extending the simultaneous applications for quarries and any development? Why is the Department advocating that approach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate those answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Joint Sitting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Travelling Community
Business of Joint Committees (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome all members to this joint meeting of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. As the inviting committee, the Standing Orders of the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage apply but I want to particularly acknowledge the Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Key Issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The purpose of today's meeting is to engage with the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, the Irish Traveller Movement and the County and City Management Association on the programme for Traveller-specific accommodation in local authority areas across the State. Deputy Ó Cuív is not with us but will join us shortly. We are joined by the Minister of State with responsibility...