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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Has Revenue reviewed all the contracts in 2021 for compliance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 12 - Controls over the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
Chapter 13 - Revenue's Management of Suspicious Transactions Reports (2 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: As a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, I assure Mr. Cody that that is what is expected. Revenue's standards are probably expected to be beyond non-compliance. I understand that there is not a one-size-fits-all in everything, as long as Mr. Cody is happy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Chair for letting me in because I am heading for Leaders' Questions shortly. I wish everybody a good morning and thank them for attending. I will concentrate on the Department's decision to introduce Pathways to Work 2021-2025. This will, in effect, abolish local employment services so that we can be in line with EU procurement regulations. I have had extensive engagement with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: When one looks at how this is structured and divvy it out that is what the figure boils down to and we have looked at it extensively. The figure may vary from county to county but certainly that is per employee how it has been worked out and I will explain. Approximately there is a caseload currently of 150 with nine guidance officers and their workload currently is 1,350 and under the new...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is there a maximum referral?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: As I understand it, from what Mr. McKeon has said, no; but if there is a cut-off point and a maximum level then clearly, yes. That does financially determine how a tender would work. Mr. McKeon has said that the tender has not been issued yet. Is he telling me that, for instance, Wexford Local Development Local Employment Service, WLDLES, will not have seen a tender?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it not going to be the same?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: When can we see those changes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Can I presume that Mr. McKeon is aware that an Oireachtas committee, on the same day that the Department decided to move forward, said that the LES should be left in place and was doing a good job?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that. I must go to the Dáil Chamber to discuss, during Leaders' Questions, what we call a home care support package. Again, somebody in the Department decided that they would give 1.5 million extra hours towards the home care support package. That is brilliant except when one gets a letter to say that one has been granted the home care support package but there is a line...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: How much time have I left?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: We may have to come back to a matter.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Can Mr. McKeon tell us what the proposal is in terms of redundancies should the applicants in the LES not be the successful tenders?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is Mr. McKeon saying that effectively there will be a transfer of undertakings, with the same terms and conditions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I may come back in again if I get back from Leaders' Questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I will ask about the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board in respect of non-compliance in procurement. Do we know what the value of that non-compliance was? Is there any detail on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Apart from being very concerned about the public expenditure element, I am concerned from a legal perspective. I know this is the Committee of Public Accounts but I believe this matter is one of undue influence, particularly interference with what might be prescribed. How do we verify what is the case in this regard? The letter states there is evidence, but how do we know?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry; it states there is anecdotal evidence.

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Verona Murphy: Looking at the figures contained in the Appropriation Bill 2021 in isolation, it really does tell us what areas are prioritised in public spending. The biggest areas of spending are education at almost €12 billion, social protection at almost €18 billion and health at almost €22 billion. Fourth on the list is housing, which is being allocated just over €5...