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- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, we could write in the context of the Comptroller and Auditor General's involvement in terms of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Generally, the time is probably right for such a review.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: I do not want in any way to halt the Deputy's advancement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: There was a suggestion that the Courts Service would look at the making of periodic payments rather than having very large sums handed out. Has that been looked at? The question boils down to that. Where the Comptroller and Auditor General comes in is that if a fund in respect of a particular individual runs out, it falls back on the State and public funds to deal with the costs...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: They are splitting the roles, but State Street are the people appointed.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: In the accounts that were published for the Office of the Courts of Justice for the year ending September 2013, there is no breakdown of expenses. I have just glanced through the accounts and effectively one gets a summary balance sheet and a summary of income and expenditure, but there is no breakdown of any expenses incurred. Is there a reason for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Going back to Deputy McDonald's point, I am referring to expenses within the fund itself.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: The courts have no objection.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: In the circumstances of the Courts Service, could it differ from one individual to the next?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Is the State the underwriter of the fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: Let us say for argument's sake that €4 million is got for an individual and, through unforeseen circumstances, the individual's family is put into a position where it has to draw down funds much faster than anticipated initially when health reasons, for example, might have been a factor. Have there ever been circumstances in which the State has had to cover the shortfall? What would...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: If there is a shortfall, what decision does the investment committee make in terms of the fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: The State, despite the belief people might have, is not the underwriter of the fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: But the State, through the HSE or other body, steps in by default in terms of the provision of services.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: I would not go there.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: What is the benchmark when investing in a fund? I acknowledge that an extern from the NTMA is on the investment committee. Does Mr. Quigley's office benchmark in making investments?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: I will conclude on that point. If someone is made a ward of court, do the family members have any input or engage in discussions? Are they consulted in any way on the type of investment put in place for the individual?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the witnesses.