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Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the recent spate of violence in Dublin city. Last Thursday’s attack on three innocent children and their carer outside Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire shocked the nation. I send my best wishes to the children, one of whom is still in critical care, their carer, their families and all those who intervened to stop the attack. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Data (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to recent European Commission forecasts for the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I will also congratulate and put on record my appreciation for the C and AG and his team for their role, the support they give this committee and the historical impact the office has had on public bodies in this State over the century it has been in existence. I commend the team on the wonderful commemorative event that took place the other day. I thank them for that and again thank them...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is there a timeframe for that? If the Department is here next year, will that work have been completed or nearly completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is it possible to furnish those two reports from May 2023 and May 2021, the Indecon report and the OECD report, to the committee? My interest with the National Training Fund specifically relates to SOLAS. We have had a lot of engagement with the various stakeholders in the national training sphere here in the PAC and, at times, there seems to be a lack of joined-up thinking between certain...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I agree it is not just about throughput. Could Mr. Beausang send us on a little more information about the strategic performance agreement? Specifically, does it covers issues like recruitment of lecturers and teachers within SOLAS, or is there autonomy for SOLAS in that regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Will Mr. Beausang furnish the committee with a note specifically on that? In regard to SOLAS's process for apprenticeships, there seems to be a mismatch as between taking on those who want to do an apprenticeship and a lack of industry support for those apprentices. I am quite familiar with the wonderful SOLAS training centre in Loughlinstown. My understanding is that a lot of local...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Was such a conversation had in this instance?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: The officials provided us with a note on PPP costs. It states that the reduction of €5 million relative to the Estimate provision was primarily due to delays in higher education infrastructure public private partnerships. How is that process operating now on the whole? Looking at a number of campuses across the country, some of them have strategic plans dating back a number of...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: What is included in the second bundle?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Looking forward to the years ahead, will another round of applications from campuses across the country be accepted? How does that process work?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I am familiar with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: They are well on their way. I thank Mr. Lemass for that information. Will he send a further update to the committee on those projects? There is a lot of information there, particularly in respect of the new unit that has been developed in the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (23 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance how overall tax revenues to end-October this year compares to the same period in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51397/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagement with a group (details supplied) and their legal representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: 73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will bring forward the Terms of Reference for the Statutory Inquiry arising out of the Report of the Independent Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50707/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - 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
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the witnesses. It is good to engage with them again. There are a number of items they have highlighted and about which the committee has asked to speak to them, and in my limited time I would like to focus on the appropriation accounts, specifically Vote 11. In note 6.2, there is a heading on EU funding and it goes on to outline the outturn for 2022 against the Estimate. Within...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - 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
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: It relates only to programmes, therefore, and not to infrastructure as well. Does it relate specifically to programmes run? The reason I ask-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - 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
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, it would be through the Department of Transport.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - 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
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Fair enough. That is fine. In appendices A5 and A6, there are technical assistance costs for the regional assemblies and, below that, the special EU programmes body North and South programmes, both of which have underspent. Looking around at the members of this committee, I think we all spent time on local authorities prior to coming to the Oireachtas. For the regional assemblies, the...