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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I nominate Deputy English.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis an Aire Stáit as teacht os comhair an choiste inniu agus as ucht na cuir i láthair. I wish to return to an issue I discussed with the Minister on his last visit to the committee, and that is the issue of public procurement and national infrastructure. In many areas, there are significant delays and cost overruns. The Minister and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree there needs to be a balance between all those things. I might be an unusual voice in saying that, sometimes in this country, the perfect becomes the enemy of the good in all these aspects. We have to realise that we need to be practical and have common sense to get projects moving. The other issue the Minister did not mention is internal deficiencies in the whole process. One of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I know things are hard. It is not easy to move a building into use. There will always be challenges and considerations, but it is a fact the State is massively slower than the private sector in these types of projects. I gave an example previously of 3,500 empty local authority homes in the State. It takes the State eight months to fit them back into use and relet them. The time it takes...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The public sector is fantastic at delivering many things in this country.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I would prefer the public sector to be delivering significant elements within society than for the private sector to be doing so. However, I believe that under the management of this Government, we do not have the efficiencies we should be getting from the public sector. The Minister mentioned accountability. The Secretary General of the Department of Health was before this committee a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are adverse incidents.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Minister. I have one more brief question. I apologise because I realise those are questions for the Minister for Finance. There is, however, a correlation between the increase in adverse incidents, the increase in damage done to people, and the increase in the money the State is paying out through the State Claims Agency. I have a question on pension issues with An Post. It...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mother and Baby Homes (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 51. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the investigation into a matter (details supplied). [2774/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund, announced in May 2023, that has been spent to date; the projects on which it was spent; the counties in which the money was spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3979/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the restrictions he intends placing on Defence Forces representative associations; the reason he believes that a Defence Forces representative association or a representative of such association should be prohibited in law from making a public statement or comment concerning a political matter [or question or express...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Legislative Measures (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he has moved to legislate with the General Scheme (Defence) Amendment Bill 2023 for the prohibition of membership of a representative association for two named appointments (Director of Military Prosecutions and Military Judge) in complete contravention of the finding of a Government appointed adjudicator within the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at end December 2023; how many of these personnel are in full-time induction training, recruits, two star training, cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non deployable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many times persons have donated to the Red Cross through the prompt on the Irish Rail website in each of the past 30 months; and the value of total donations per month, in tabular form. [3772/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past ten years; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 413. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail if the gardaí have carried out any investigation into the number of people who have received deportation orders but have not self-deported; and if the gardaí have carried out this research, will she provide me with a copy of the report or detail the findings of this research. [3947/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many times Gardaí have made an official request to management of IPAS accommodation centres seeking to find out information about people who had received a deportation order (details supplied). [4233/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (30 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many reports or notices IPAS has received for each of the past five years from management at contracted asylum seeker accommodation centres requesting help for residents in terms of mental health issues, violent behaviour or addiction; and what steps or actions have IPAS undertaken to help residents in...