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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: And then the international comparison.

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: When was 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: Were the consultants brought in before or after our cyberattack?

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.