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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: What is the general recovery rate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: Yes; I remember it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: Can I get a breakdown of the remainder - the €57 million? Can Ms O'Donoghue give me an idea as to the outcomes?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: That is fine. I understand that. It is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: I think it is very significant for the public, when it comes to overpayments generally - whatever the category they are initiated within - that there are improvements when it comes to the recovery of the moneys. That is an important story for the Department to tell. I think those figures are very significant. Very quickly, when the unemployment rate decreases - if it goes from, say, 11%...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: I know I have asked Ms O'Donoghue a very broad question, but can she give me a-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: That is fair enough. Do any of the delegates have a rough figure at all?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: I have the figure for the sale of Aer Lingus - €325 million - in my head. I put things in context, such as how much there actually is riding on the Department's budget and how much of a saving there is when the unemployment rate is reduced by a small percentage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: I have voted already.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: I will not be changing it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Deasy: Okay.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

John Deasy: That is fair enough.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

John Deasy: If it is the case that some of the proceeds from the sale of Aer Lingus are to be distributed throughout the regions to improve connectivity and key infrastructure, then that is a definite advantage to this sale. If that is the case, part of the €325 million needs to be invested directly into Waterford Airport to finally allow for the proposed runway extension to be funded. If Fianna...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

John Deasy: Where is it?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (19 May 2015)

John Deasy: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the maximum floor area of eligible buildings under the living city initiative, in view of concerns that the cap of 210 square metres per project will exclude many pre-1915 properties within the designated areas. [19201/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John Deasy: We should wait until Mr. Michael Kelly finishes his report. It might be more useful to have him in when we meet the HEA and the Department. I have spoken to him and he has agreed to meet the Committee of Public Accounts once he has finalised his report. My understanding is that he is taking a look at some of the issues you raised as well. He has had to wait until the two governing bodies...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John Deasy: Yes, that is grand.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John Deasy: That is fair enough. He is probably the one person who has been tasked with independently reviewing the governance matters that you are talking about. Therefore, if we are going to have a meeting on the matter it might be useful to have him before the committee to talk about his findings when it comes to the governance and the stream of information between the Department, the Committee of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John Deasy: There is a good deal in this. As you have said, one of the issues the committee dealt with has to do with procurement and tendering. The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out reports on the matter. Across the board when it comes to the HSE it is clear that the executive is a bad actor, frankly, when it comes to tendering within public procurement guidelines. When it comes to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John Deasy: The Comptroller and Auditor General has done much work on procurement and HSE tendering. I will preface my comments by saying that one would wonder about value for money as far as the taxpayer is concerned when it comes to a contract being given to a former employee and individuals who were known within the organisation and who had been there for decades but it is far beyond that, frankly....