Results 81-100 of 461 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I am out of time. I thank the witnesses.

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: We welcome the progress secured by the LGBTQI+ community in recent years. The rights obtained were hard fought for over many decades by activists who refused to be deterred in their fight to be recognised as equal before the law. Despite the clear progress we have seen, in many areas the struggle for full LGBTQI+ equality is far from over. Many areas of inequality remain and more work is...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: In May, I hosted a public endometriosis meeting in Drogheda. Since then, my office has been inundated with women contacting me by phone, email and in person. Gemma, a 32-year-old nurse from Louth, is one of these women. She asked me to share her story. Gemma says: My symptoms of endometriosis were prevalent from the first period I had. The bleeds were heavy, excruciatingly painful,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Hear hear.

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I thank the Minister and the Minister and Minister of State for joining us again. I know it has not been too long since they were here previously, so I do not have much. I have a couple of questions I would like to tease out. I will start with the Minister of State and the post office network. He will be aware that its representatives appeared before the committee some weeks ago, and they...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I appreciate it is early in the budget process, but this is to the fore with us as well so it would be prudent of us to raise it. If I may move on to the Minister and the national broadband plan, there is talk of an additional €80 million required. Can the Minister offer any clarity around that figure or what kind of funding is envisaged that can go into the national broadband...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance appeal decision in respect of a person from County Louth (details supplied), noting that the appeal was received by the appeals office on 31 July 2024. [39007/25]

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I thank all the witnesses for joining us. I might pick up where my colleague left off. What prompted the 2015 to 2023 review that uncovered the 21 cases in the first place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: For my own understanding, Mr. Moloney stated to Deputy Connolly that when he signed off on 5 July 2024, a full review had been carried out. He was not aware of any further issues outside the 21 at that stage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Was Mr. Moloney confident that corrective measures had been put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Will Mr. Moloney explain the other review that is ongoing and how many cases have been identified, if any?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Is there an indicative amount?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: If I may come back to Mr. Moloney, the corrective measures in July 2024 that he was confident in were put in place. How has there been a downfall in them, given another 20 to 30 cases have arisen since then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Going back to the original 21 cases, where six payments were made to Revenue and 15 were not, Mr. Moloney's explanation for that at the beginning of the discussion was there was a significant error. Was it an IT error, a human error or just arising from a lack of understanding of the obligations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I was coming to that. For the NSSO to collect just over €2.3 million in tax for a period of nine years and not hand it over to Revenue is quite a significant oversight. I am sure Mr. Moloney will admit it is not minor in any way, shape or form.

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I appreciate that, Mr. McCarthy. A broad range of groups have been affected by the pensions issue. The Minister, Deputy Chambers, has been very clear that he is initiating a scoping exercise to identify the number of retired civil and public servants whose pensions will need to be checked. The figure that was quoted is a maximum of 13,000 people but it may not reach that. Has Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Will Ms Kelly indicate the number?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: On the overpayments, what is the intention or parameter as to how that money may be recouped?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Will that be done under the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act? Is there legislation defining the process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management (10 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Is it a realistic expectation that they can be recouped, bearing in mind that a lot of these people may be pensioners? An example being cited is of a pensioner who may owe up to €280,000. Over what timeframe is it intended for such recoupments to be made without crippling and crucifying pensioners in their remaining years?