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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 (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: On a note of clarification, is Mr. McGrath saying that the €54 million is before costs are deducted, excluding the €29 million we will be getting back, which related to security of costs, a security that had to be lodged by the State?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept that Mr. McGrath may not know what are the costs. In other words, is €54 million the gross figure in real terms?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I fully accept that, but we do not have an idea of the net figure. In fact, in this case, PwC was the auditor of a company that ended up with a liability to the taxpayer of €1.1 billion and we may be recovering as little as 4% as a result of what occurred.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Mr. McGrath must accept, though-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I am aware that when cases are settled there is no admission anywhere along the line but Mr. McGrath must admit that, where a company went down the tubes and the taxpayer ended up picking up the bill of €1.1 billion, we are now getting less than 4% back from the people who were the stars of the show as regards doing audits in this country and they are walking off the pitch as if no...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: We are all accountable to the taxpayer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Quinn Insurance was about one of the things that one needs to have. One needs to have a fund available so that if there are claims, there are moneys there to meet those claims. Surely it is the job of an auditor to make sure. The same as when the Department is looking at the banks, it has to make sure the banks that are under the Department's jurisdiction have adequate security for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: There is a problem, which I raised at the Joint Committee on Health this week, with hospitals getting people into nursing homes because nursing homes are saying they need a higher degree of care than the basic level of care a nursing home patient requires, if there is such a thing. There is a problem in nursing homes when a person is admitted and they are quite mobile, but then two years...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I propose having a review mechanism put in place where, after a period, which could be 12 months, where a patient requires a higher degree of care, some kind of review would be done to assess the level of support funding that should be provided to the nursing home.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: That is happening.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I thank the Cathaoirleach.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: It is not an area I focus on. I do not have a huge knowledge of it even though I know Cork has a good deal of fishery activity. My constituency is at a remove from the coastline so we are not privileged to have the good beaches other constituencies in Cork have. However, I have no difficulty should the Cathaoirleach wish to add it in.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: Will bringing in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage include dealing with local authorities and their accountability for the funding they receive? Will that come under the remit of the Department when it comes in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: That would be important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: I accept that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to address the current critical shortage of dentists across the private sector and public service in Ireland, in view that at least 500 extra dentists are needed to meet the needs of a rising population and to replace retiring dentists as per this report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to deal with the shortage of community beds in the Cork/Kerry region in view of the fact that 240 beds have been removed from the system in the past four years, and also taking into account that beds are being occupied in Cork University Hospital by patients who could have been discharged over three months ago into...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what action is being taken by his Department in conjunction with the Revenue Commissioners in assisting those importing second-hand agricultural machinery from the UK, given there are now significant delays and disruption being experienced as a result of the UK leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (20 Apr 2023)

Colm Burke: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what his Department’s long-term plans are to alleviate traffic congestion in Kinsale town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18841/23]