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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When the costs are more than the amount that is paid out in compensation, that is almost the opposite of what people would expect.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of claims would they be? I am sure the State Claims Agency will advise on how to mitigate against a repeat of a claim. It would be useful to have an idea.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Was the issue with the ferry a change in the terms in conditions? What was the nature of the issue?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is not necessary. I just wanted to get a flavour. Will that list also be made available to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: If the case was in the Supreme Court, there will obviously be significant legal fees. Non-compliance with procurement rules seems to have worsened. Procurement is an issue to which the Committee of Public Accounts pays particular attention and it is a major concern. It appears that some non-compliance is on general, non-specialist matters. What kinds of controls does the Department have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I ask Mr. Gleeson to focus on the 17 contracts valued at €1.7 million for fairly standard services. The specialist contracts can be explained but the standard ones jump out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Gleeson has done substantial work to make sure that if and when we see him again in a year, we will see a different profile in this area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: When does Mr. Gleeson think that will be worked out of the system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I will discuss now weaknesses in controls over fixed assets. There are some assets that Mr. Gleeson cannot locate. What would be the nature of those assets and is there a value on them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: What kind of things are they?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Excuse me, but in Mr Gleeson's mention of motor vehicles, how is one not able to locate a motor vehicle?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Gleeson has put these into a value pecking order. What is on the top of that value list?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. Gleeson not have money value beside these assets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Gleeson must have a ballpark value on these if he is putting them in a pecking order.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: How can Mr. Gleeson rank assets then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: It is not if it is a 1974 Fiat Punto in comparison to a brand-new computer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There is obviously a weakness. It must be decided then how funds will be spent. If things are at a point where they are fully depreciated and have no value, are we then expending valuable administrative time on matters where we are overstating a problem here? Having said that, is there a tracking system for items that are purchased now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Moving to the underspend on salaries, this is something that we see nearly every week in the committee, where we are usually told that there is a difficulty recruiting people. Is it correct to say that there are 62 retired Civil Service staff who have been re-engaged by the Department which cost €1.6 million? Can Mr. Gleeson confirm that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Why would they have been rehired?