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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 Connolly: I understand that, but it is hard to judge progress, is it not? I am asking the question because-----
- 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 Connolly: Perhaps Mr. Gleeson will come back to me on it in a little while in order that I can judge.
- 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 Connolly: That is all right. I understand we are jumping all over the place, but it would help us to understand. It was identified as a risk; a huge effort has gone into it and a special team was set up. We need to know what has been going on for two and a half years.
- 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 Connolly: Going through the accounts, there are a number of write-offs mentioned on page 36. There was a rural environment protection scheme, REPS, and a huge write-off of €406,658 in 2017. Perhaps Mr. Gleeson might explain it.
- 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 Connolly: They are bad debts, is that it?
- 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 Connolly: That amount of money was paid out under various schemes that should not have been paid out, or were the conditions not complied with?
- 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 Connolly: There were various criteria the Department used.
- 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 Connolly: How far back would it go and would there be huge variations in the amounts?
- 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 Connolly: The payments would have been limited-----
- 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 Connolly: -----because they would only have been entitled to a certain amount.
- 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 Connolly: There is another matter I do not understand, namely, the miscellaneous Vote premia. There was a write-off of €136,000. While the officials from the Department are looking for the details, further down it is mentioned that an aquaculture licence expired, was surrendered and not renewed. It is a smaller figure, but will Mr. Gleeson, please, explain it also.
- 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 Connolly: I am just asking for a quick answer as to why the aquaculture licence was not renewed. What is the meaning of the figure written off?
- 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 Connolly: The Department might come back to me and explainitt out of interest. There are three matters I do not understand on which the Department might come back to me.
- 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 Connolly: It is page 36 of the appropriation account. I will leave it for a moment if the witnesses do not have the details, but I am highlighting those issues. There are a number of others-----
- 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 Connolly: I mention the list that was referred to. It is an appendix to the accounts on the lands the Department owns. I agree with it. It is great that a State agency owns land. It is set out on pages 40 and 41 where the land is in the various counties. The properties range from 1,000 ha to less than 1 acre. It is a huge range of properties, with which I am delighted. I am delighted that we...
- 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 Connolly: No, they are huge. They range in size from 56 acres to 145 acres.
- 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 Connolly: None of them is privately managed or nothing is being outsourced.
- 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 Connolly: Very good. I am not proposing that there be sales, but when there are, how are they managed? Were there sales in the last year or included in the 2017 accounts?
- 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 Connolly: The Land Development Agency is actively looking at the list. I refer to veterinary fees and lower levels of testing which are mentioned on page 20. There was a shortfall in expenditure of €5.5 million relative to the Estimate provision. There were also lower levels of testing which resulted in fewer payments. I would have thought veterinary inspectors were essential.
- 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 Connolly: What was the planned level of testing that year?