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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I want to go back to the KPIs.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is it possible to have a copy of those submitted to the committee? Obviously, it will not be possible to go through what they are in two minutes but I would be grateful if they could be submitted to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Thank you. I want to go back to point 4 .3 of the appropriation accounts, which refers to extra receipts payable for the emissions trading system, ETS, emissions targets. Will Mr. Griffin explain how that occurred?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Is there anything on sequestration or anything like that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: What about hedgerows?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I ask for a breakdown on how the figure is compiled and whether hedgerows are included.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry but I am out of time.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: This question is probably for Mr. Griffin. There was a recommendation in respect of procurement following his appearance before the committee last year. An undertaking was given that there would be a review. At that time, the Department had a proposed review and plan set down by the Minister. Is that plan currently in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: No. I am talking about procurement generally within the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: There was a note which stated that there was a non-qualified audit opinion in respect of the appropriation accounts and which drew attention to material instances of non-compliance with national procurement rules.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I know. That is a lot of detail, but all I am asking is if a procurement plan is in place that keeps the Department in compliance-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: -----or are we going to see the same again next year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: The fact that they are decreasing in number gives me hope that there is some oversight. My real question is: if it continues, will there be accountability? As Secretary General, is Mr. Griffin satisfied that the non-compliance is warranted in a way that it is almost impossible to comply, which we know is not-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I do not need a note. I am just asking if Mr. Griffin, as the Secretary General, is happy that he can improve further but, equally, that should accountability be warranted in the cases of non-procurement, it can be provided by means of retraining and so on. I saw in the note to which I refer that three people have not been retired or dismissed - I am sure what the word was - but have left...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Has Mr. Griffin taken any action on non-compliance in respect of the period 2019 to 2021? Have any accountability actions been taken?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Has Mr. Griffin taken accountability actions regarding the non-compliance since 2019 to which he referred?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Chapter 9 - Remediation of Landfill Sites (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay. Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I would be happy with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is not a good image, one way or the other. I know many people are working from home.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Verona Murphy: I have a question that perhaps Mr. McCarthy will answer. Do we receive an estimate of the underspend in each Department, after the budget or at the end of the financial year? Is there a document that details the underspend of all Departments?