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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I will come back in later.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We are dealing with two issues here. There are people here who have information they do not feel at liberty to share with the committee and that is really concerning, or they cannot point us to where we would be able to know that. Second, there appear to be people in the room who were not prepared for today's Committee of Public Accounts meeting because it was very clear we were going to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Does the figure of €881,000 come out of the insurance compensation fund but ultimately find its way in the profits of the Central Bank?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Can I ask a ten-second question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes, sorry. Is there a structural issue there? With the separation of powers in the Houses, we are not in a position to criticise the Courts Service. Yet, it is administering a public fund and it would appear that it is the only body making decisions on that fund.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: With respect to Deputy Dillon, we are heading into the break in five minutes time. I suggest that the committee needs to meet in private session to discuss what has happened this morning. I agree with Deputy Hourigan's point. We need to suspend the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In advance of the next session. We need to have a discussion on this as a committee and we should do that in private session in advance of the break.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 14: Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The points the Chair raised are valid ones. He is the Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts and there should be somebody here to answer his questions. It is simple.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We should probably wait to see the report before issuing invitations because there may be others that we want to include.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9240/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide grants to community centres in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9239/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 115. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the uptake to date by businesses in relation to energy costs supports; his plans to extend supports to businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a physical reading is required for a smart meter, along with an automated one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9373/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will carry out a review of the fuel allowance payment of a person (details supplied). [9442/23]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I welcome the Minister and Ministers of State. The Department is very large and has responsibility for a wide range of areas. The committee rightly focuses on housing but we try to have a balance by discussing all the portfolios in the Department. I congratulate Deputy O'Donnell on his appointment as Minister of State in the Department. In measuring and approving spending, we need to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Many of those new homes will be new builds for sale. The first home scheme is an important tool to make some of those homes more affordable than they would otherwise be. That is not necessarily to say they are affordable but that they are more affordable than they would have been without Government intervention. Has the Minister any indication this year of the uptake that is expected and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I am aware of the scheme. There are places where more new homes are being built and places where fewer are being built. Is the Department working with the sector to try to ensure there is a spread of supply?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have two more questions. One is on the Commission's approval of the Croí Cónaithe scheme and where the Minister sees the uptake on that within the Estimates. The second is the affordable housing-cost rental model. I am somewhat concerned some local authorities are not taking it up. During our hearings on Housing for All, some authorities said they do not feel the model is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have a last point. Oscar Traynor Road in Dublin is currently at planning. I do not expect the Minister to comment on a scheme at that stage, but should it be approved, I hope the Department and Dublin City Council work together closely to get on site and get building. I say that without prejudice to the planning process that is ongoing in that regard. We do not want to see any...