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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I want to start with the area of landfill and the 70 high risk sites that have been identified. How many of them are in the ownership of local authorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Is it the majority of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: The one that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: The one Mr. Griffin referred to earlier, Kerdiffstown, was in private ownership and it was a waste mountain. Kildare is not known for mountains. It is a very flat county. This mountain started to grow and grow. There were ongoing complaints about it for years and then it went on fire and cost about €40 million. Mr. Griffin might correct that number. There was a very expensive...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I have very limited time. I would appreciate that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Where would the income be shown from those fines? Is it shown as a liability that has not been realised? Is it at Department level or local authority level? What level is it at? Where is it accounted for?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: The Courts Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I will turn to contingent liabilities on page 15 of the appropriation accounts. This matter has been touched on. It states:There is potential for financial liabilities to arise in 2017 and subsequent years depending on the outcomes of current, pending and possible future EU and other legal actions. The amounts involved cannot be determined at this point. Do we have a global cost for the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: When will that be?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Mr. Griffin stated that the liability cannot be determined at this point. It has been included in the accounts as a potential contingent liability and will relate to this year. Has any figure been indicated?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: What is the nature of the potential EU fines?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: We will probably have to revert to this broad issue. Mr. Griffin stated that the bulk of the environmental levies came from landfills as opposed to the plastic bag levy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I understand that the number of landfills operating is four. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Five. Is it the case that incineration is seen as a less expensive option for waste disposal?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: The difficulty with that comes when counting the cost. I can see it in practical terms because one of the open landfill sites happens to be in my constituency. There are registrations from every corner of the country, which means that there are other associated costs that are not counted. I am making this point without seeking a response. Those other costs include damage to roads,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Turning back to the various subheads in the appropriation accounts, there was an underspend in 29 of 33 headings. The outturn was less than the provision. Mr. Griffin made the point that we had to walk before we could run, but is there scope within the Department to redirect some of the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Why did that not happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: That some of the 29 saw significantly smaller outturns than their provisions at a point when most public services had been cut to the bone strikes me as an inefficient use of resources. Some of it had to be returned to the Exchequer. Mr. Griffin stated that there were procurement issues, but if there was scope to redirect within the Department, why was it not done to a greater extent?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I am certainly not looking for inappropriate spending-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (9 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: -----or for money to be wasted, but there seems to be a low level of ambition.