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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: I came in late and I apologise for that but Mr. Fallon said a high-level group is in place. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: When is it expected to report on this or make some decisions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: We are not looking to assign blame today but we want to get a resolution. There is a high-level group in place. People glaze over in general when they hear of a high-level group having multiple meetings. We want a resolution and the lacunae in the law need to be filled or corrected. I hope that will happen. It is something on which the committee should keep an eye.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: To be fair there are very senior representatives of the State on the high-level group. I accept that. The witnesses have been fair and a number of meetings have taken place, with one more due. I imagine there is an acceptance in the group that there must be urgency in this.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: I accept that but we must keep an eye on it. Page 12 of the appropriation accounts chapter relates to what are termed other "commercial bank accounts". There is an account balance of €7.68 million that is not Exchequer-funded and it relates to lodgements under family law, bail money lodgements and court poor box receipts. Could we have a breakdown of those receipts by type?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: Who audits that account?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: Does Mr. McCarthy audit that account with the balance of €7.68 million? It includes money from lodgements under family law, bail money lodgement and court poor box receipts.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: Do you audit the disbursement of all other moneys?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: Why not this money?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: If the Comptroller and Auditor General is not doing it, who is auditing the disbursement of the money?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019) David Cullinane: If a court does not receive a maintenance payment from a spouse, can it issue a payment from the general fund?
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the current round of negotiations between community employment supervisors and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46721/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: I have five minutes, so to make best use of it I will put the questions to specific witnesses. I will start with the Department. Has there been an audit of how many jobs are at risk or where there is a need for a transition from what someone is doing to something else as a consequence of moving away from carbon, both in the public and private sector?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: I asked if there is a number. Has the Department undertaken an audit that has established an estimate of how many jobs are involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: We are examining the issue of a just transition and supports such as retraining, upskilling, new job opportunities and so on for those who are affected. If the starting point is that we do not have a number or that we do not know exactly how many jobs are at risk, not least in the public sector, how are we to plan for all those workers? Obviously, in the case of some workers, there are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: Many jobs are at risk. Approximately 1,000 are at risk at Bord na Móna, and while we know about them, there are many more. Mr. Hughes might send us a note on what work is being done to estimate the scale of the challenge. Once we understand the scale of the challenge, we can hold to account the Department and others in respect of the responses put in place. We will need a bit more...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: In that lengthy response, Mr. Hughes spoke about work done in the past, such as previous research, studies and reports. My simple question was about the global figure, but Mr. Hughes could not answer it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: I turn to the SEAI. Mr. Hughes responded to Deputy Stanley on the €20 million made available for retrofitting. Mr. Hughes indicated it would not be the deep retrofit done in previous programmes but rather that approximately 1,000 houses will be done. He stated the details of the scheme are still being worked out. Is the retrofit still at concept stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: For the €20 million, are there details of the scheme, such as the average cost, the types of homes being considered, whether there will be equality and fairness, whether households will need to have some of their own capital, and if that is the case, how that will work out for a low-income family? Have such details yet been worked out?
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (12 Nov 2019)
David Cullinane: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to University Hospital Waterford's adult mental health service in each day from 1 January to 31 October 2019, in tabular form; if separate tables will be provided for the acute Bandon ward and the sub-acute Comeragh ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/19]