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Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: The word "offence" is very broad and it is hard to narrow it down. Somebody could be offended by something trivial. Will changing it to "undue offence" solve the issue that exists? What do we know about the media service codes? Anybody may take exception to anything that is said, but how is it proposed to define "undue offence"? The Minister might provide an example.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: My point is that has not been very effective and hence, we are where we are now. If we are going with the same media codes, "undue offence" is very broad and open to interpretation by literally anybody.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Will the Minister define "undue offence"?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: No, but in practical terms.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Are they the same media codes the BAI is currently using or will they be more restrictive?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: That might be something we raise again on Report Stage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: I want to raise first the retrofitting scheme, which has a budget of €8 billion. I am sure taxpayers, along with ourselves on the committee, and the Department would be eager to ensure value for money when it comes to the scheme. The national development plan had allocated €202 million for 2022, but as of August of this year no deep retrofits had been completed. Has the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: The Department said at the start that there was a big uptake for the scheme and that the response was overwhelming. It is concerning that as of August of this year there were no deep retrofits completed. When the Department was doing the budget for 2022, did the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications say it would be able to spend that money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes, but did the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications actually say when the money was being allocated that the €202 million would be spent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: It is the same with the Department of Health. Every year a certain amount of funding is allocated, and it is never spent because the Department does not recruit sufficient staff. At what stage does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform ever take the Department to task over that, or is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform happy to take whatever is said and to allocate...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Moloney ever say to the Department that it gets it wrong every year or is it just allocated whatever money is requested?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: How would Mr. Moloney juggle that with the retrofit scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Moloney see himself revising down the targets for the retrofit scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Moloney have any value-for-money concerns around the deep retrofitting schemes? The primary focus is on deep retrofitting. We have a situation where people who are in a position to go ahead and go to the one-stop-shop can draw down a low-interest loan and there is no significant outlay as such for that. Does he have concerns that it is primarily geared towards that and other...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: -----and all that sort of thing. Some people are not in a financial position to do more extensive work. From a value-for-money perspective and in terms of reducing emissions or from the point of view of ordinary people, does it offers value for money as it currently stands?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Yes, but I am talking about people who have to pay upfront for individual schemes. They have far fewer options open them. The scheme is hardly fit for purpose from the point of view of value for money or even fairness, and the impact in terms of reducing carbon emissions. Does Mr. Moloney have concerns about that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Okay. I want to raise the informal agreement, if you like, between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage that allows for the transfer of funds of up to €3 million under subheads. Is that figure correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: Against the budget of €5.1 billion, €466 million was allocated under the arrangement. Is Mr. Moloney's Department concerned that such significant sums are being allocated without oversight.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: I understand it is there and in place. Time is of the essence, however. Has Mr. Moloney concerns about a vast amount of money like that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding (20 Oct 2022)

Imelda Munster: A figure of €230 million was reallocated from housing to local government. Given that he has oversight, can Mr. Moloney indicate what did not go ahead in housing and what did go ahead in local government instead? It was €230 million.