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Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Could Ms Stack send us-----

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Ms Stack might send us a note. The Office of the Ombudsman will have the number of cases.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: From the Department's point of view, the system works very well in terms of its attachment orders. We have not mentioned that today. I have to say that I am aware of cases where having gone through the Ombudsman where a decision was contested, the decision came back to the Department and the Department then wrote to the individual and within 24 hours, it has its money. I have seen cases of...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: I think the witnesses must acknowledge this because there was no emphasis on chasing overpayments in the past because it was not worth the Department's while given it could only claim back €2 per week, the Department is now finding that the records are sometimes not great and there are old records in some of its branch offices around the country. That is a matter in respect of which...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is a historical issue. The records might not have been good so some of those debts might not be collectable.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have had a few major floods this year in Donegal and Mountmellick in County Laois. Could the Department send us a report on its assistance? I know the Department would have had a temporary office in Mountmellick for a few days. Now we are relying on the social welfare officer to keep the rest of it afloat so could the Department send us a note on that? My last question concerns the...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: We all know that there is a tremendous exchange of information between Revenue and the witnesses. People are receiving letters stating DIRT returns have been found by Revenue which is well able to chase people in Ireland, England and other jurisdictions on a payment they should not have been claiming when they had money on deposit. There is, therefore, a top-class exchange of information....

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: It needs to be tidied up. On behalf of the other members of the committee, I thank the witnesses from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for participating in the meeting and the material supplied. We have no problem and will wait to receive the outstanding documents. There is general appreciation of the quality...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (12 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 7 November 2017, when the information requested will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (12 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: 564. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for expenditure in his Department over the coming years if Ireland joins PESCO; his plans to ensure a full public debate on the matter before the decision is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: 172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent consultant's appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53401/17]

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Perhaps Mr. Carville could move closer to the microphone.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Carville and apologise that I was not here for the commencement of his statement. The first speaker indicated is Deputy Marc MacSharry, followed by Deputies Catherine Murphy, Catherine Connolly and David Cullinane.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: The IBRC, it is coming up on the screen now. I am advised that the one from IBRC came in at 15:57 and the letter from the Department came in at 17:24.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Carville should respond to the question first.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: I can clarify that. Documents can be sent to this committee on confidential basis and on the basis that they are not published. We tend to publish much of the correspondence but we receive correspondence that we do not publish. People should be conscious of that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: Deputy, you have asked a question of me. You have put a proposal.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: The problem is that we do not decide compellability. We have to refer it to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017)

Seán Fleming: That committee will decide whether to give us power of compellability. You are not compelled to be here today, Mr. Carville. You are here in your capacity as an official in the Department. We have not invoked compellability powers. We have to get approval from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.