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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Okay. They get notification.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: There are significant issues with the payroll system relating to overpayments. What is the total in overpayments to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: What is the total to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: That is 2019.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: What about from 2019 to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: There is no total for the overpayments. The witness has given a figure for 2019 but there is no overall total.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Is there a particular reason the witness does not have the total in overpayments for us today?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: It is disappointing that the witnesses do not have those totals. Is it safe to assume the office is currently overpaying?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: No. I am wondering if it is safe to assume the office is currently overpaying.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: The likelihood is it is still happening.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: The briefing furnished to the committee listed a people-first process focused on technology, innovation and service excellence as key performance indicators.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: The Comptroller and Auditor General's chapter cites the benefits of the National Shared Services Office as including salary cost savings, enhanced financial control and increased fiscal transparency, and there is a reference to data security and procurement management. Does the witness accept the dramatic overspend on the project represents a failure in procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: Would she accept the argument?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: What about overpayments and data breaches?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: The overpayments and data breaches would not be representative of a people-first or service excellence approach. The witness agrees on that, I am sure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: I know what the witness is saying but the key performance indicators reference "people first" and "service excellence". The service is nonetheless still dealing with overpayments and data breaches.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: After seeking answers for almost a week, it has been confirmed by the HSE to "The Michael Reade Show" on LMFM that a hotel in Louth that accommodates front-line workers under the temporary accommodation scheme is also accommodating workers from a nursing home who have tested positive for Covid-19. The fact that Covid negative front-line workers are being accommodated in a hotel in which...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: -----and stated that situation had happened because the rules of its scheme had been bypassed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Feb 2021)

Imelda Munster: What oversight is there of the administration of this scheme? How we do know this is not happening elsewhere?