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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I express a note of caution on these assessments. They certainly do not reflect the feedback received.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Feedback from people suggests that the State's local employment scheme is much more effective as a result of its more wholesome and comprehensive approach. Only the specific criteria that fit with the result the Department wants are assessed. That is my opinion. I have looked at the issue carefully and I have met people on the ground. The assessment does not take into account other very...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is certainly not providing value for money. I will come back to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I was not here last week and wish to clarify something. The documentation included a list of correspondence from the board of the national children's hospital, but I do not see it anywhere today. It referred to outstanding documents we requested, various questions we asked, information on business cases etc. The Chairman said at the meeting two weeks ago that if those documents were not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Did we get a response to everything on the list?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Catherine Connolly: That would be very helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: A fool's guide for us.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: I welcome the witnesses. I am grateful for the presentation of the accounts and the clear audit, subject to the matters that have been raised in the internal financial statement or whatever it is. Some of my colleagues have already asked questions about that. I have one or two specific questions. An internal audit identified a number of serious issues. The Department tells us on page 5...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: The answer is yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is fine. The dedicated asset management unit was set up in January 2017.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: Presumably, it has a limited lifespan to deal with the problems that arose in identifying the assets, given the list, and then making sure any new purchase was automatically on the list. That is what I understood.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: Therefore, there will be a permanent watchdog.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: What progress has been made since it was set up in January 2017? Where are we in identifying the assets? What changes have been made?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: I understand that is what will happen, but what about the history and rectifying the absences?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: I understand all of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: Motor vehicles and plant machinery were mentioned, but what progress has been made? How extensive is the list? Where is the Department with it? How many items have been identified and how many more need to be identified? When will that process be concluded?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: I understand that, but it is hard to judge progress, is it not? I am asking the question because-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: Perhaps Mr. Gleeson will come back to me on it in a little while in order that I can judge.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is all right. I understand we are jumping all over the place, but it would help us to understand. It was identified as a risk; a huge effort has gone into it and a special team was set up. We need to know what has been going on for two and a half years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Catherine Connolly: Going through the accounts, there are a number of write-offs mentioned on page 36. There was a rural environment protection scheme, REPS, and a huge write-off of €406,658 in 2017. Perhaps Mr. Gleeson might explain it.