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- 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: They are bad debts, is that it?
- 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 amount of money was paid out under various schemes that should not have been paid out, or were the conditions not complied with?
- 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: There were various criteria the Department used.
- 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: How far back would it go and would there be huge variations in the amounts?
- 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 payments would have been limited-----
- 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: -----because they would only have been entitled to a certain amount.
- 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: There is another matter I do not understand, namely, the miscellaneous Vote premia. There was a write-off of €136,000. While the officials from the Department are looking for the details, further down it is mentioned that an aquaculture licence expired, was surrendered and not renewed. It is a smaller figure, but will Mr. Gleeson, please, explain it also.
- 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 am just asking for a quick answer as to why the aquaculture licence was not renewed. What is the meaning of the figure written off?
- 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 Department might come back to me and explainitt out of interest. There are three matters I do not understand on which the Department might come back to me.
- 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: It is page 36 of the appropriation account. I will leave it for a moment if the witnesses do not have the details, but I am highlighting those issues. There are a number of others-----
- 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 mention the list that was referred to. It is an appendix to the accounts on the lands the Department owns. I agree with it. It is great that a State agency owns land. It is set out on pages 40 and 41 where the land is in the various counties. The properties range from 1,000 ha to less than 1 acre. It is a huge range of properties, with which I am delighted. I am delighted that we...
- 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: No, they are huge. They range in size from 56 acres to 145 acres.
- 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: None of them is privately managed or nothing is being outsourced.
- 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: Very good. I am not proposing that there be sales, but when there are, how are they managed? Were there sales in the last year or included in the 2017 accounts?
- 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 Land Development Agency is actively looking at the list. I refer to veterinary fees and lower levels of testing which are mentioned on page 20. There was a shortfall in expenditure of €5.5 million relative to the Estimate provision. There were also lower levels of testing which resulted in fewer payments. I would have thought veterinary inspectors were essential.
- 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 was the planned level of testing that year?
- 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 read that note on the shortfall in expenditure. Is it because there is no need to test anymore?
- 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: It will drop and drop.
- 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: Okay. On climate change and the report this week, 35 actions have been recommended for the Department. I presume Mr. Gleeson is very familiar with the 35 or maybe he has not had time to become familiar with them. There are 35 specific actions for the Department. How is the Department fixed in relation to those?
- 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: Are we not meeting those at the moment?