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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is a bit unusual that the payments are coming through an account that is not before us but the fine is coming through one that is. People might find it a bit strange because we are not dealing with the nitty gritty of the schemes at the moment but the EU payments are very substantial in the Irish context and we are dealing with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine but most...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Submitted to who?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: It did not come through the accounts that we deal with.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Before we get bogged down we will request a copy of those accounts which could be laid in the Dáil today, tomorrow or next month to be sent to us. I cannot complete the work on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine without sight of how that €1.2 billion-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: -----was dealt with. The witnesses can understand that. It is not a criticism of what is front of us but that is only 50% of the story of the payments that go through the Department and Mr. O'Driscoll as a paying agent - I am putting the two together - especially if the fine relates to Pillar 1, which is not before us but we have to pick up the tab. Are there no arrangements in place given...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Can Mr. O'Driscoll bring this to a quick conclusion? The Department was able to identify it but the taxpayer will pick up the bill.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to explain what LPIS is.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Was that a criticism of Mr. O'Driscoll and his predecessor, who was the paying agent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Satellites.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: We understand. Roads can be put in across land-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Will the Department make a large investment in drones and cameras to get this right for the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: After all that, I ask Mr. O'Driscoll to make his opening statement. His point about all the payments not before us today is well made. We want to see those accounts and we will discuss that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Deputy Cullinane's point concerns the detail of what we will be discussing and we will ask Mr. O'Driscoll to answer his question. We are delving into a specific matter that will be raised later. My point started as a general point and the Deputy's point is one that will be answered during the course of the meeting. We will come back to it. After all that, I now ask Mr. O'Driscoll to move...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr O'Driscoll for his opening statement. I call Deputy Bobby Aylward.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The next point will be the last.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Time flies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy will get round two.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: If the farmer paid the superlevy fine upfront, could he or she write it off against tax?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Driscoll will find out. That might be an incentive to pay it upfront. I merely make the point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am sorry, the Deputy can finish the next point.