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- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Local authorities collect moneys. They get grants from the Government. They are not poor bodies. They have debts, but some have millions of euro stashed away. They can increase the rents they charge old age pensioners by €3 at the drop of a hat. That is no problem to them, but they will not pay the money that they owe the Department of Justice and Equality. It should pursue them-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: -----or name and shame them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Is it not funny that, when these authorities discover that they owe money to Revenue, they suddenly front up and pay penalties and interest, yet they do not mind not paying the Department because it is giving them a soft way out? I would like a list of those that owe the Department money. I do not care since when. Let us see who owed money over the period in question. It might be the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: I will not prolong this discussion, but how far can the Department go? How far would Revenue go to collect its debt? How far will other agencies of the State go with people who are marginalised, poor or in distress to collect their debts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: How far will the bank go to collect its debt even though it was bailed out by the taxpayer? In this case, these organisations are only partially within the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General, as local authorities are not accountable. That is another cop-out. They should be named so that we know with which we are dealing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: There was €7.9 million worth of purchases that did not adhere to the rules for procurement. I note that 11 of the items reported had a total value of €3.3 million. Why was the procurement process ignored or not used?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Will Mr Donnellan, please, explain what a 40/02 is for those who might be listening and not know what it is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: I can understand the contract arrangements for servicing equipment such as this. One is locked into a supplier as part of the original deal. However, it is not all explained under the heading. There are purchases which account for a total of €2.2 million. There are four urgent purchases which came to a figure of €306,000. Within the sum of €7.9 million, there are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Is Mr. Donnellan saying that within that €7.9 million figure, there is only room for manoeuvre on less than €3 million of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: There were four urgent purchases with a total value of €306,000. Will Mr. Donnellan give me an example of an urgent purchase?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: There were ten proprietary purchases which accounted for a total of €2.2 million. What were they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Five existing contracts were extended and rolled over. I can understand the process of rollover, but why?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: While the State was trumpeting new procurement systems as a great deal, we have come across significant breaches of the procurement process in several Departments, including the Irish Prison Service. What Mr. Donnellan is saying is that the service simply did not have the staff to ensure it could comply with the new procurement rules.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Does the Irish Prison Service now have someone to monitor procurement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: In the accounts there is a paragraph that sets out all of the figures. I want to get an understanding of each of these figures, including the €3.3 million which includes five contracts which were extended and rolled over. I want to get a flavour of what actually is going on and why this happened. Will Mr. Donnellan do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: Will Mr. Waters remind us of the ongoing tribunals and their cost in 2014 and 2015?
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: That is €5.16 million in total.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: It might be easier if we take it from the top. The Morris tribunal is first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: That is running at €66 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015) John McGuinness: So it may not go as high as €80 million.