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Organised Crime: Statements (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the progress in tackling organised crime in this State. I am acutely conscious of the devastating impact that illegal drugs, the drug trade, drug dealing and related criminal activity have on communities across the country, particularly in the capital, Dublin. It should be noted that, by international comparison, Ireland has a relatively small...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome Mr. Makhlouf, Mr. Hogan and all their colleagues and officials from the relevant organisations. Staying with that issue, it is beneficial for this committee to have had an in-depth discussion around that. It was better than our last discussion around it. That is certain. It is better that more information is available, albeit, as Deputy McAuliffe alluded to, there are lacunae...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine. Has the insurance compensation fund received moneys from the administrators of Quinn Insurance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Is Mr. Makhlouf at liberty to say how much that is?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I hear what the Cathaoirleach has said about the information that has been put into the public domain and I accept what Mr. Hogan said. It certainly does not tally that it would be to the benefit of the Department. Irrespective of that, from the committee's perspective, the involvement of the Exchequer in any way in this has been the big conundrum. If we were to step back from the actual...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Mr. Makhlouf mentioned what has happened since 2010. Could he pinpoint any specifics that have changed? He mentioned systematic change. What would he highlight as the biggest changes? What the committee raised about the leak is important but at the end of the day, the committee is concerned about the public finances and their exposure to a situation similar to what we are discussing now....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: What Mr. Makhlouf is effectively saying is that from the Central Bank's perspective, the regulatory regime and oversight has improved over the past decade. It has initiated a number of changes. Mr. Makhlouf mentioned third-party expertise that the bank did not possess. Despite the fact that it did not possess such expertise, Mr. Makhlouf made reference to the fact that it was somehow a new...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed) (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Yes, that is fine.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the members of the HSE for coming in, particularly Dr. Henry. It is good to see him again and engage with him. I acknowledge, as the Cathaoirleach did, the presence in the Public Gallery of Joe and Karen Hughes. It is good to have the HSE respond so promptly to the request of the committee to discuss the issue of sepsis. I am very pleased with what I have heard this afternoon from...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: That is very heartening because at the most recent engagement we had with Mr. Hughes, his impression was there was more information on sepsis in his own home than there was anywhere else. Everybody will be aware that there were interruptions during the pandemic but the clinical lead is very important because that will put an emphasis on raising the awareness of sepsis. The information on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Chair, I suggest that we might follow up with the HSE perhaps this time next year to track progress on this. Again, like my colleagues, I thank Dr. Henry and his colleagues for giving the committee the time and talking us through the new and very welcome initiatives the HSE is taking. I commend the work of Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign and all the work it has done to date...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE (20 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Dr. Henry.

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023. Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, which is required in order to transpose Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers. The...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the opportunity to examine the Courts Bill 2023. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, and his officials for their ongoing work on this important and technical legislation. I also acknowledge the Minister of State's presence throughout this Stage of the Bill. At the heart of this Bill is the objective of improving access to justice for all citizens by ensuring the...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Message from Select Committee (19 Apr 2023)

Cormac Devlin: The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the following further Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 38 - Health.

Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome the publication of the report of the independent review group into the Defence Forces. I am grateful for the opportunity to examine its findings. This watershed report makes for stark reading and raises the most profound issues in our Defence Forces. While the report correctly acknowledges the high regard in which the Defence Forces are held, as has been acknowledged throughout...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome everybody to this meeting. I also welcome Senator Lombard who has joined our committee. He is very welcome. We thank Senator Buttimer for his contribution to the committee in the recent past. Apologies have been received from the Cathaoirleach, Deputy Martin Browne. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility and to protect themselves...

Committee on Public Petitions: Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman Annual Report 2021: Press Ombudsman (30 Mar 2023)

Cormac Devlin: Today's business is to engage with Ms Susan McKay, the Press Ombudsman, to discuss the 2021 annual report of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman and related matters. Ms McKay is very welcome to the committee. I thank her very much for her time. I apologise for the delay of a few minutes in getting started. I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary...