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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will definitely be meeting again with representatives of both the State Claims Agency and the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, on which there is a chapter in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General with which we must deal. The NTMA was very quick in carrying out its business and publishing its annual report. Its representatives appeared before us prior to the summer...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: In its last annual report the State Claims Agency recorded an estimated liability of €2.6 billion, of which approximately €2 billion was related to medical negligence cases. It is therefore the biggest element, but it is not the only element. We will look at the full €2.6 billion, the main element of which relates to health, although there are other issues. We will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will schedule that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: How independent could the investigations have been if there is no record of them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are going to write again. Will the Deputy send us her correspondence so that we can follow up on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: If the Deputy sends it on we will follow up on it. Between now and next week, let us have a quick look at the accounts of the State Claims Agency to see whether they include information on non-medical negligence. If not, we will agree next week to write to the agency seeking this information as soon as possible so that we will have it well in advance of the meeting. On the Deputy's point,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: There is no training-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We can see where our interim report is going.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The health service has what is called the national incident management system, NIMS. We need to know whether there is a similar system in other State bodies. The State Claims Agency handles all these cases when push comes to shove. It comes under the NTMA, which happens to come under the Department of Finance rather than the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy's point...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: One of the issues is that Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine grants under FEOGA are audited by the auditor of the European Commission rather than the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is subject to the audit committee of the European Parliament rather than the Committee of Public Accounts, but it important that we at least get the picture. It is European funding so Europe audits it. I presume it also audits our contribution to the fund to ensure it is well spent in other countries.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is why need this collation of information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is a useful exercise. Payments out go through the Central Fund. We are the only committee which looks at the Central Fund. We will look at that when we have the Department of Finance before us. That is where the funds go out. It is based on a percentage of VAT. They can, however, come directly into the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or other Departments. This...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, it was on the paediatric hospital.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I know which letter the Deputy is referring to. I will ask that it be on our schedule for next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will deal with it next week in either public or private session. We will suspend for five minutes while the witnesses take their seats.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: The purpose of this meeting is to continue examination of Vote 34 with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. We specifically met the Department in relation to housing matters in October of last year and the first session today is a resumption of our consideration of housing matters. At our second session we will deal the remainder of the Vote for the Department,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I apologise. We are trying to get copies. We will have it sorted out shortly. Mr. McCarthy may continue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: Thank you. I invite Mr. John McCarthy to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I notice he has a sore throat so I thank him for taking the time to make his contribution. We are here to resume our examination of Vote 34 with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and we hope to complete our work this morning. We would have asked this question on the previous day and it is the only question I want to ask Mr. McCarthy. How many...