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- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: I want to keep the time to ask questions if Ms Maney does not mind, with short replies. Is the Lotus Notes system fully licensed, with no issues in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: The commission has had some data breaches. Have they been problematic? Has anything been referred to the Data Protection Commissioner?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: Turning to fresh appeals, has anything yet come in to the commission regarding the temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, or the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: When an appeal is made to the commission, a stop is put on penalties and so on. If somebody decided just to negotiate rather than seek an appeal, would the same apply? Is there a disincentive against getting into mediation at an early stage or is there an advantage in putting a stop on the penalties?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: On corporation taxes, quite a lot have gone through at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: Are there learnings from the experience of appeals within the TAC? Are issues cropping up routinely that could be dealt with and prevent appeals? Are there issues that jump out to Ms Maney that would be of benefit for the committee to hear?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: That is the largest issue from a financial point of view. There was a lag in recruitment. The commission was given authorisation to recruit additional staff and it took longer than anticipated to do that. The situation necessitated bringing in people on a daily or temporary basis. What was the reason for that? Was it something unanticipated? Did the commission lose staff? What were...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: Ms Maney might tell us about that. Is it lengthy and cumbersome to hire new staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: Is the commission up to its full complement of staff at this stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: In addition to that, are there also people who have been hired on a temporary basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission
Chapter 14 - Management of Tax Appeals (8 Jul 2021) Catherine Murphy: How much are those staff paid on a daily basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are welcome. No one disputes the value of the hospital. What is at issue is the cost over and above what was originally estimated and how we keep the costs down. The Committee of Public Accounts will see the ultimate cost. We are concerned about real time as opposed to historical issues. This is part of the reason we are having this meeting. Going back to the statement...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Has work happened on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Is there a quantum on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, but this hospital was due to be completed in 2022.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: On a previous occasion when the hospital board was in front of Committee of Public Accounts, we were told about some post-construction amendment. Is that additional works when the hospital is complete?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: If you would, please. Can Mr. Gunning tell me, in the seven-week shutdown during the pandemic, why did the contractor not come back for 15 weeks? What was the reason for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Did the contractor tell Mr, Gunning why?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: Were they Covid-19-related costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: 2019 Financial Statement (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)
Catherine Murphy: BAM has a reputation of going in at tender with a lower price and then making up by way of claims. Essentially, it is demoralising to other construction firms that tender in a different way. At a previous Committee of Public Accounts session, BAM was described as hostile and was said to have a culture of claiming. How the NPHDB matches that is the key issue in terms of fighting fire with...