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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)

Imelda Munster: Not everybody can switch.

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)

Imelda Munster: It is ones who are in the most dire circumstances who cannot switch. How many mortgages involved in the tracker mortgage scandal were sold to vulture funds? Do the witnesses have the figure?

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)

Imelda Munster: These went into arrears because of the illegal, if you like to call it, interest rates. They were charged incorrect interest rates so it was through no fault of their own. Now, as has been said, they must pay twice the original interest rate and, in fact, some people are paying 7% interest. So far this morning I have not heard anything from the Governor or his colleagues that would offer...

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)

Imelda Munster: Please explain the range of options.

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)

Imelda Munster: Would part of that be requesting retail banks to buy back some of the mortgages?

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)

Imelda Munster: On the switching process, there are many people suffering the most dire financial stress and they will not be able to switch. Is the Governor saying that the Central Bank will correct the switching process? Given what is happening across the State, and the huge financial burden that is on people, to say that it is light-touch regulation would be an understatement.

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)

Imelda Munster: It 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)

Imelda Munster: It is for the families in distress and see no light at the end of the tunnel. It beggars belief the hands-off approach.

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)

Imelda Munster: Regarding my first question, the Central Bank had not even raised the issue. It seems the Central Bank has adopted a hands-off approach. It feels like the Central Bank has thrown people to the wolves or to the vulture funds and that the Central Bank could not care less.

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)

Imelda Munster: I am sure that the Governor understands that the Central Bank has instructed the banks to sell the loans to vulture funds and now there is nothing happening for those people.

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)

Imelda Munster: They have been left to the mercy of vulture funds due to light-touch regulation.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in the constituency of Louth east Meath in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (20 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of youth diversion programmes in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (20 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: 350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need per county in the CHO8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FTE public health nursing posts in County Louth; the vacancy rate 2018 to date by year; if additional posts were provided for through budget 2023; any Government targets in relation to an expanded number of posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18791/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: Both of our guests are very welcome and I congratulate Ms Ní Raghallaigh on her recent appointment In her opening statement Ms Ní Raghallaigh said that "the current liability for TV licence fee does not reflect how media is consumed and a Government decision and plan on its reform must be enacted swiftly to ensure public service media is to survive and thrive." As she is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: Does Ms Ní Raghallaigh have an opinion on what shape that reform should take? Who should have the responsibility for collecting the money, whether through a TV licence or a broadcasting levy? Does Ms Ní Raghallaigh have an opinion on that or a preferred option?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: Does Ms Ní Raghallaigh have an issue with An Post collecting the licence fee? The evasion rate is estimated to be 15%. An Post would argue that its lack of access to a database from either Revenue or the ESB prevents it from collecting more. Would Ms Ní Raghallaigh have an issue if the situation stayed the same, with An Post given a long-term contract to continue to collect the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: I thank Ms Ní Raghallaigh. I was just looking at the clock ticking. One issue has been and ought to be a bone of contention for everybody in RTÉ and this is pay disparity between Irish-language workers and their English-language counterparts. I have raised this topic with witnesses from the organisation at numerous committee meetings, including at the Committee of Public...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023)

Imelda Munster: I have concerns. As I said, what was stated in the correspondence we have on today's agenda was that different grades exist across RTÉ, each with an associated salary scale based on responsibilities and not on language. It continued by stating that the review will not differentiate roles by language requirements. To me, this seems to mean the review will not address the issue. There...