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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Giving that advice does not happen automatically, it only happens for some of those Bills and, primarily, when they get to Committee Stage. I asked Mr. Moloney how many of the 300 Private Members' Bills had made it into law and he said it was six. If the number is more than that because the Government took some of those Bills and made them their own then that is fine. If Mr. Moloney lumps...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: I am trying to understand the workload. One of the issues for the Opposition is that most of their Bills do not go anywhere and are stuck. Who advises on attaching a money Bill to those Bills? Is it the Office of the Attorney General?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Would the Office of the Attorney General give advice on that? Is that one of the areas where the Office of the Attorney General would give advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: I did not ask.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Wait until I ask the question. I do not want to ask Mr. Moloney to do something he cannot. If there are 300 Private Members' Bills in which the office has had some role, could the witness at least provide us with the information on how many Bills the office has given advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: I am not sure if I am being unclear. I thought I was very clear that I was not asking for what advice the office gave.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: The witness was able to give a figure of 300. He stated there were over 300 Private Members' Bills-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Never mind the advice the advice given by Mr. Moloney's office, which is fair enough, as it is advice to the Government. The witness is not even able to tell us in broad terms how many of those 300 Bills had any involvement of the Office of the Attorney General.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Okay. I find that extraordinary. It is part of the problem as we in the Opposition come up against advice given by the Office of the Attorney General. That is the position. Teachta Connolly dealt with an issue in Mr. Donoghue's opening statement. He spoke about the largest single area of the €40.9 million cost being €16.4 million arising from the fees paid to counsel who...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Okay. Has there been an increase in counsel fees as well? What cost controls are in place to ensure we get value for money with counsel fees? The witness indicated the single largest area of cost was €16.4 million arising from fees paid to counsel to prosecute cases. How are those fees determined and what cost control mechanisms are in place to ensure we manage those costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Who sets the standard fee and on what is it based?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: That is what I am talking about. With respect to cost controls, a standard fee is set and then there is an assessment process. How is the fee assessed and what is the cost control process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Are those standard fees based on a day's work, per case or research? On what are they based?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Will the witness provide the committee with some further breakdown of those standard fees? Will he give us some history of how they have decreased, as he mentioned cuts, or increased in some areas?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: We can have a look at the standard fees now and compare them with levels two years, five years and ten years ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Could we get some more information on the cost control element?
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (7 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements Irish Aid has made in recent years to encourage disabled volunteers as part of the volunteer rosters maintained by his Department; the way in which Irish Aid staff would respond to an issue requiring consideration of an accommodation which was raised by a disabled volunteer; the training provided to desk staff on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister and Mr. Breslin. I will be sharp in the questions I intend to put because we are confined to five minutes. My first question is for the Minister. He will know that at the Committee of Public Accounts last week there was some discussion about capital projects that might or might not be under consideration. There was some confusion, it has to be said, about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: Can Mr. Woods answer it now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) David Cullinane: The HSE is proceeding to that point, but it has not yet happened. Is that correct?