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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Palmer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I wish to make a final point. The gaps here relate to the lack of joined-up thinking. Perhaps not completely a lack of joined-up thinking, but, rather, a question as to how everything fits in the context to the witnesses and their Department, the Department of Justice and the social media companies. There are many different actors and stakeholders. Whose responsibility is it to bring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I refer to the overarching mechanism to ensure that all of the parts fit together so that we are not leaving ourselves exposed, which we are at the moment. One of the biggest weaknesses identified is the co-operation of the social media companies with the banks in this. Whose responsibility is it to ensure that gap is filled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I completely understand but we cannot be careful to the point that we are falling behind with this. That is what I mean in terms of the overarching piece. We need to look at the unintended consequences that will occur. Somebody needs an overall view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Authorised Push Payments Fraud: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No doubt we will be discussing this again many times.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Oil Specifications (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the concerns of owners of older cars and other motorised machinery whose machinery is not compatible with e10; the steps he is taking to mitigate the impact on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a complete list of all State agencies; the associated line Department; the total number of employees and the Exchequer allocation for 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (28 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the 77 units at a vacant housing estate in Ballinrobe, County Mayo; the plans he has to ensure they are redeveloped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31494/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to recent reform of the public spending code, to outline how said reforms will achieve greater speed and efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30982/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The public spending code was updated in December 2019. When will the infrastructure guidelines be published on the public spending code? Will the Minister outline how the changes announced so far will increase speed and efficiency in the delivery of capital projects? The key to delivering a project on time and on budget is to get the design and the planning phase right. There are no magic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Spending Code (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In that case, it remains unclear to me how the reforms the Minister has outlined will make any substantial difference in terms of the speed of project delivery. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael McGrath, alluded to that when he said that the timelines associated with public spending code compliance are a fraction of the time required for compliance. I need to see how it is going to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I am glad we agree on that. I would be interested in the timescale for that. Will the Minister work with the line Departments to implement mandated targets for the use of modern methods of construction in public sector programmes to establish that consistent level of demand? If targets are put in there, that will bring extra focus into what we are trying to achieve here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the progress made on reforming public procurement in order to improve environmental, economic and social impacts; making particular reference to the objective of including green criteria in all procurements using public funds, to be completed within three years, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Minister outline the progress made on reforming public procurement to improve the environmental, economic and social impacts, making particular reference to the objective of including the green criteria we talked about earlier in all procurement using public funds, which was to be completed within three years as committed in the programme for Government? As I have outlined,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State for all that. He rightly said a circular was published in 2019 promoting the use of environmental and social considerations in public procurement. Then the programme for Government set a specific deadline of this week for the inclusion of the green criteria in all procurement using public funds and nothing like that level of ambition seems to have been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What concerns me is we seem to present lots of guidelines, and rightly so, but if we do not break those down into actual obligations for what the different bodies need to do then we find the outcomes are not what we might have hoped they would be. Thus, we need to look at some other mechanisms and targets to ensure we are getting the outcomes we need.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Minister of State about the potential and the capacity within his Department to undertake all-island projects on biodiversity. There is huge potential in this regard particularly with the oncoming PEACEPLUS programme and the elements within that for biodiversity. Is there capacity or is there an intention within the Department to facilitate communities to twin with other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline progress towards enhancing productivity in the construction sector, including utilising modern methods of construction as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30983/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Minister outline the progress towards enhancing productivity in the construction sector, including the utilisation of modern methods of construction, MMC, as committed to in the programme for Government? The programme states: Work to enhance productivity in the construction sector includes utilising modern methods of construction. This work will be guided by the Department of...