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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Have they updated them? Do they consult the Department on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I accept that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will just talk about the fees charged. The fee for a commencement or referral is €311. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Therefore, there is a higher and a lower figure.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Do the contracts include performance requirements to have sustained employment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We have never had to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: They have always hit their targets.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The next set of questions are related to social welfare payments. They relate to job sustainment claims which were found to be invalid. This is to be found in Table 12.10 on page 148 of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. When providers apply for their fees, there are some controls in validating the data. The report reads, "During the validation process for some 50,000...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will finish on this point. Do we have figures which show how many of the 10,000 have been submitted for reverification?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is. My final question is for the Comptroller and Auditor General. Is he happy with the controls in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will try to come back after lunch.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 11 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 12 - JobPath Employment Activation Service
Chapter 13 - Actuarial Review of Social Insurance Fund
Chapter 14 - Overpayments of Age-Related Jobseeker's Allowance
Chapter 20 - PRSI Contributions by the Self-Employed
2017 Social Insurance Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Probably at 2.30 p.m. I will come back.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Nobody forced the Deputy to do anything.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Deputy should have respect for me too because nobody forced the Deputy to do anything.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: So do I.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: While I do not agree with the amendment, I understand the meaning behind it. Certain people in this Chamber and outside are so fundamentally opposed to abortion in any circumstance that they do not want to be complicit in it in any way at all, and that includes contributing their taxes to it. Deputy Donnelly has pointed out the flaw in the amendment. If there is an immediate risk to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the further work and publications expected from the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48991/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the Minister give an update on this issue? I know that we covered it in part in the priority questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Service Pay Commission (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: We covered this under priority questions and we also mentioned new entrants and the recruitment and retention of staff. Are we looking at the end of 2019 for the final module which will look at other areas outside of the health service?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Nov 2018)

Jonathan O'Brien: Did the scoping exercise carried out last year come up with any other proposal bar looking simply at how much it would cost to implement the Labour Court recommendation? If any other organisation or private entity ignored such a recommendation, the Minister would be critical, as would I. I have added the figures. If one includes the ex gratiapayments, it would come to €854 million....