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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: There is no Minister here yet to deal with the first issue. With the House's permission we will proceed to Deputy Bríd Smith. The matter will be taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming. Deputy Smith has four minutes, followed by the Minister of State for four minutes, followed by a further two minutes each.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: No. I am bound by the rules of the House.
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I will facilitate Deputy McGuinness to speak after Deputy Connolly. I call Deputy Pringle for deich noiméad.
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I am informed that it is due to conclude at 5.15 p.m.
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Deputy Pringle will have ten minutes. I am bound by that. The Deputy should be conscious of the time.
- Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank Deputy Durkan. Having just taken the Chair, I have three more speakers listed before me and several different slots for political groupings. I will take the three speakers who are in the Chamber, and if any other speakers not listed are present, I ask the Members to alert me to it. I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses. Mr. Breen will be aware that last week we had representatives from Revenue, the Central Bank and the Department of Finance with us in pursuit of our examination of the insurance compensation fund, ICF. The NTMA Act of 2000, as amended in 2018, provides that the State Claims Agency carry out certain functions in relation to that fund, including due diligence of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Breen is suggesting there is an automatic obligation in the legislation to provide that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: The case in question is difficult without all the details before us, but it involved two private parties, namely, Quinn Insurance Limited and PwC. It did not specifically involve an injured party seeking the benefit of the fund. It was clear the security of costs was requested by one party and public money was used to provide that security of costs. Mr. Breen can understand our concern to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: My understanding was the drawdown happened after the 2018 amendment, and therefore during the time the agency administered it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: It was, if I remember correctly, in the year 2020 that somebody made an application to the High Court to withdraw €27 million. I imagined it was the State Claims Agency.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: That is useful to us in pursuing this. Mr. Breen is saying the State Claims Agency had no role in making an application for the drawdown of funds for that security case.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: It is difficult to ask the next question but I will ask it. Is Mr. Breen aware of any public official or body involved in that decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: That is the great difficulty the Committee of Public Accounts has: we are also presuming but have very little evidence before us. There is a glaring hole of governance around this fund which is not primarily for Mr. Breen but, as he is the person who makes applications to the High Court to draw down money from the fund, I alert him to the huge concern in the committee. The real concern is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: These are payments the State Claims Agency has made.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: Are none of those currently under the agency’s remit of a similar nature, where security of costs is being sought?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: If a similar request was made now, does Mr. Breen believe the State Claims Agency would make an application?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: In a scenario where security costs were being sought, and I am not pinning Mr. Breen down to a hypothetical situation, would he agree that certain criteria or guarantees around the transparency of any outcome of that case would be an appropriate thing for the State Claims Agency to take on board if it was to apply for security costs in the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: For somebody who was not party to the decision, Mr. Breen has been very helpful and the committee members will use the information going forward. There is so much within Mr. Breen's remit that we need more than 15 minutes to explore it and I have unfortunately used a good chunk of it already on last week's committee meeting. I have two questions. Legal costs are always a controversial...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023) Paul McAuliffe: Is it correct that the 2020 figure was €40 million?