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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I would be very grateful if we could be furnished with that. On postgraduates, we were provided with a figure of €1.53 million for training and development. Does UCC keep track of the progress of undergraduates? Does the university have something like a benevolent undergraduate programme for people who encounter difficulties? Just because someone has a degree from UCC, it does...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Does Mr. Ó Foghlú think the criteria used for the survivors were too strict? Does he think that they made it too difficult for survivors? The average assessment was 39 out of 100 points. Most assessments resulted in awards of less than €100,000, which, as has been said already, were quite small. Does he think that, as was alluded to by Deputy Catherine Murphy, some of the...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Josepha Madigan: No, because Mr. O'Brien is saying the failings were within Console itself. Does Mr. O'Brien accept that the HSE had a responsibility towards Console? Does he accept any responsibility related to that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I have only a few more questions. How does NAMA respond to interested parties regarding the lack of information and time to consume what is available in respect of the bidding process? Does Mr. Daly accept the resulting concerns about competitiveness?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: Does Professor O'Shea envisage that being increased? Does UCC get many applications? I presume those 34% are the successful applicants.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Josepha Madigan: It is unclear to me why a SENO would say that there was capacity and that the child does not have a place. That does not make any sense to me and that is something that I can follow up with the Deputy afterwards and we can take it from there.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Does Mr. Neporent accept that when all of the component parts of this story are put together, the sum of them becomes a whole that is a little indirect. The two paragraphs I quoted demonstrate that for me. Does Mr. Neporent accept that there was an indirect link to PIMCO, notwithstanding what he said in his opening statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
UCC: Financial Statements 2013-2014 (30 Mar 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...If they are a graduate, there is more of a moral than a financial responsibility but it is worth looking at. On the source of funding for people with economic difficulties in paying for college, does the university source any funds from the EU or does it just come from the trust fund?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...a signatory on the account in Cabra. I know the Commissioner has made comments on that. In relation to similar labyrinthine types of financial structures - this is in the style of Bernie Madoff - does the Garda Commissioner accept that the Committee of Public Accounts has helped uncover what went on in the Garda College? How does she know this is not occurring elsewhere?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Josepha Madigan: While my Department does not have a fund for community groups to travel abroad for competitions my Department does fund the Music Capital Scheme which allocates grants each year to groups and individuals for the purchase of musical instruments. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that on Tuesday 9 January last, I launched the new Music Capital Scheme with an increased allocation of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána - Internal Audit Report on Garda College, Templemore (Resumed) (20 Jun 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I recommend that that deadline be met because this needs to be addressed. One of the most important things the public wants to ensure is that this type of thing does not happen again. In Ms O'Sullivan's opening statement she mentioned that she had a verbal briefing with Mr. Niall Kelly and requested a written report from him. Does Ms O'Sullivan have a contemporaneous note of that verbal...

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Josepha Madigan: ...to reflect this in their admission policy and statement. The Senator can take it that the NCSE is not going to contact or approach a school in circumstances where it is not of the view that it does not have sufficient capacity to open a special class. This is a two-step process and I am correct in what I have said, which the Senator repeated, about co-operation not being 100% binding...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the witness. As the Chair, I have two very quick questions. I note Dr. Lawless's references to Dr. Shane Whelan's proposal and to pensions. How does she think that any reforms to the USC could be made in a revenue-neutral way, because it will obviously be a huge loss? Does she think that, in those circumstances, there would have to be an intermediate tax? On labour participation,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: ...to police. Ms O'Donoghue referred to the savings that have been made from the detection of fraud. When clients commit fraud and are caught are they put on a naughty list or blacklisted? How does the Department keep checks and balances on the behaviour of offenders into the future? I take into account that people redeem themselves and try to become law abiding citizens. What does the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Nevin Economic Research Institute, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Irish Tax Institute and Chambers Ireland (20 Sep 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...questions. A representative from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, was here earlier. Mr. Talbot is advocating retention of the 9% VAT rate but ICTU is saying it is a loss to Revenue. How does Mr. Talbot counter that argument? Representatives of the Irish Tax Institute were also here. I think Mr. Talbot heard some of their evidence here today. Its representatives talked about...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Josepha Madigan: ...projects an amount of up to 1% as funding for an art project, subject to an overall cap of €64,000. While my Department has responsibility for the promotion of the Per Cent for Art Scheme, it does not have a budget for it.  My Department, therefore does not provide any funding for the inclusion of art projects in the project costs of other Departments' projects such as roads,...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

Josepha Madigan: ...-Kelly is before the committee today so that we can try to move forward and find some solutions. I refer to the plan over 15 years, in terms of changes in technology and medical science. How does Ms Harkin-Kelly envisage the health sector dealing with that? Would a plan have to be reconsidered after a period of time? How does the INMO envisage the devolution of funding for health...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: .... Mr. Long stated that he would not comment on the NAMA sales process because, he said, NAMA is a sophisticated organisation and it was not Lazard's place to advise on the sales process. That does not tie with what Mr. Daly stated on page 6 of his written statement, which was that "Lazard advised [NAMA] that there was sufficient competitive tension in the process with the remaining two...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

Josepha Madigan: ...something I agree with but it is merely to put it out there - relates to end of life and assisted dying. If HIQA receives queries from the public on that and it must give information on it, does HIQA then self-reflect, collect that data and make a submission in light of it, or what does HIQA do to collate that? Obviously, legislation has to change with the times. I am not saying I...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank the witnesses for coming in to speak to the committee. We appreciate it. I have had many clients going through St. Patrick Hospital and I know the work it does. I spoke on the issue of mental health in the Dáil. It is an issue I feel very strongly about. I did not see the word "addiction" in the submission. How many people in St. Patrick's Hospital have addiction problems?...