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Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I will park and leave that now because other members want to get in.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: By the way, my frustration is not with Mr. McKeon personally but with the process. I have a job to do and if I cannot get basic information, I cannot do it and that is a source of frustration.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: I will not take ten minutes, only three or four. The caveat to my questions is that the Secretary General and his colleagues have been exemplary in their presentation of the accounts and answering of questions. That is worth noting because it is not always the case. I am happy to put it on the record. When I put my questions on JobPath, I understand that Mr. McKeon was not refusing to...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: The two organisations are Turas Nua and Seetec.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: The total number of initial payments was 131,986, or something like that.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: These are the figures that I received from a parliamentary question, so I am assuming that they are correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: If €71.2 million had been paid out to the two organisations, I asked whether Mr. McKeon could give me a breakdown of how much Turas Nua and Seetec got, but he said that that would be difficult to do for reasons of commercial sensitivity. The problem is that each of these organisations can easily work out what the other got. Turas Nua and Seetec will now be aware of the €71.2...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: That reinforces why Mr. McKeon can give us the figures.

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 16: Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 17: Management of Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 18: Department Reviews of welfare Schemes, Social Welfare Appeals Process, Social Insurance Fund (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: It reinforces it because it is very difficult. All I am looking for is the gross figure. I am not looking for a detailed breakdown. I ask for the gross figure for both organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (7 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to issue permits for the harvesting of cockles on the Backstrand in Tramore, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52400/17]

Neurological Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: It is estimated that between 10,000 and 13,000 people survive and live with a brain injury each year. People with acquired brain injuries are the largest users of neurorehabilitation services in Ireland, yet these services are severely underfunded. According to the organisation Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, neurorehabilitation enables people with a brain injury to recover and relearn...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the process surrounding the application made by a school (details supplied) for a proposed building project to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (6 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: 209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of fibre broadband connection for a school (details supplied); when he expects the school to be connected to the fibre broadband system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52107/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I think there was further information that was to be forthcoming. I am almost certain it was agreed that Deloitte would also forward exchanges between the author of the report and the HSE, and maybe that would give us a clear indication as to whether or not suggested changes were coming from the HSE. I, therefore, propose that we hold off discussing this until we get all of the information,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Until we get that, I do not see how we can proceed, so I propose that we hold off on any discussion pending receipt of that information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I commend any section 38 or 39 organisation on the timely presentation of accounts but that was not the issue we were discussing. It is good that it has happened but we have had a lengthy discussion about the failings in a number of these organisations, which arose from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. While this happened on the back of a targeted auditing, we heard from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: I concur. The issue of not honouring contracts is important because it has financial consequences. If we are exploring it, though, we could also explore a related matter, namely, that of tax avoidance. We dealt with this. In a report, the Comptroller and Auditor General brought our attention to a practice whereby consultants established companies and paid corporation tax rather than PAYE,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: On a wider issue, I am still not satisfied with Dr. Thorn advising members of the ETB not to answer our committee's questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Reportedly advised. He certainly wrote to the committee indirectly given that the Secretary General of the Department wrote to us and made reference to advice that Dr. Thorn was giving us as well. I am concerned about that. I stand over what I said at the previous meeting. Without repeating any of that, we should at least write to Dr. Thorn asking for an explanation. That might give us...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes.