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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine there is not a huge amount of that with this State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Murphy was talking about corporation tax. Why was that laid down as criteria? Was it specifically in relation to the RRF?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was with them. It was just that obviously, somebody was not paying a lot of attention and assumed this would get sorted. However, there were going to be huge difficulties dealing with this. Everybody knew that whatever about what has happened in the world since, there were issues even with regard to America coming on board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is just someone being a bit more careful in relation to criteria, so you are not stringing yourself up. Turning to the fraud, how exactly does it work when the Court sends it to OLAF and EPPO? What is the timeline? I think this is the same as I asked before. Where do the majority of these cases arise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Out of that 750?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: When talking about 43, then some of those are obviously legacy cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Once it has been caught by the court, it is up to them to carry out an investigation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They are looking at a couple of big tranches of money in some of the cases. It is still a significant number that gets sent over but I imagine some of that is due diligence. Not all of them are necessarily cases of fraud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Murphy is hardly going to get into the detail of some of the reports and the work that is laid ahead. In the context we are currently in, you see the stuff in relation to the energy union and it obviously has a significant amount of importance. However, some of those reports relating to long-term unemployment and whatever, what sort of digging down is done across the European Union and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is literally looking at what European schemes are meant to address this, rather than a general report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If talking about support of SMEs or whatever, would that be checking whether the European Regional Development Fund is check-listing good, bad or indifferent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is there nothing wondrous to be said regarding the energy union?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Like the French Revolution, it is too early to tell the impact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: You can see it now even with what is happening here this week. We are only moving in the right direction, and probably all too slowly. It is something that needs to be addressed but I will not hold the witness responsible for it. Look, as per normal this is utterly comprehensive and that is me finished. I am sure I will think of an awkward question before the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Murphy spoke about the moneys that are sought back. Infringement of Internal Market rules is fairly straightforward. A lack of documents is always possible. How does ineligible expenditure happen? Does this relate to significant amounts or small amounts that add up to big money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors: Discussion (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was someone else's mistake. I get that, and the court caught it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Did the Chairman say they were the best group?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A significant number of the questions I had intended to ask have been addressed or at least partly addressed. We are still operating on the basis that the waiting time for driving tests will be brought back to approximately ten weeks. Is this to happen by the end of quarter 2 of 2023? Is that still the timeline?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Road Safety Authority has stated that. It does no harm to reiterate that point, which also applies to the national car test, NCT, and the rest of it. We are talking about appointments that are difficult to get so we do not need people wasting space or time for everybody else. Am I right that we are still working on the basis that in some point in quarter 2 of 2023 the situation will be...