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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: Have all questions been answered on that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: Several partners are in financial difficulty and their expectation is that upon sale, they would be in a better place. However, because of their contracts, they are tied into Coillte having the first offer but their land might be worth more and they are caught between a rock and a hard place

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: Will the witnesses address Senator Daly's questions on the science and Storm Ophelia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: No, I will let the Deputy back in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: How is the marketing figure arrived at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: So, the farmer who signed a contract 15 years ago will not be aware of the marketing fee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: I ask the witnesses to prepare a detailed note on the issues which we will discuss with them at a meeting early in the new year. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: We will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: I am sorry to cut across Senator Mulherin but we have agreed to park the discussion on partnerships.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte's Annual Report for 2016 and Climate Change: Discussion (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Leamy and his colleagues for coming before us today. This is our final meeting before Christmas. I wish everybody a very happy and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous new year. I look forward to seeing them all back in the committee on 16 January.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Dec 2017)

Pat Deering: 468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for removing the over age exemption from the early childhood care and education scheme from September 2018; the reason for the assessment that was made in advance of this decision with respect to the impact this decision will have on children with special needs (details supplied); if consideration will be given to reversing...

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)

Pat Deering: I welcome Mr. McKeon and his team. I would like to focus on the appeals process. I was very taken by his answer to my colleague that a number of clients will hold back information for the appeal. That statement sounds very unusual. I would be of the opinion that someone who is applying for a particular scheme - whether a disability or an invalidity scheme - would want to get it over the...

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)

Pat Deering: Yes, but generally speaking the supplementary welfare payment can be smaller than the payment sought.

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)

Pat Deering: It can be more in some cases.

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)

Pat Deering: My experience, and I am sure that of many of my colleagues who would deal with similar cases, would be totally different to what Mr. McKeon is outlining. The appeal process has become an industry within the Department in recent times. Correct me if I am wrong but, in the event that an application for a scheme is refused, there is a potential review within a shorter period. Is that 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)

Pat Deering: What percentage of-----

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)

Pat Deering: Do the witnesses have a breakdown of the percentages as they relate to appeals of different schemes? Is there a trend in terms of applications for disability allowance, invalidity pension, carer's allowance, etc.?

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)

Pat Deering: Is there a timescale within which the review is be completed?

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)

Pat Deering: What is the cost of the review and the whole appeals process? As I said, in my opinion it is an industry. If that percentage of applications goes to appeal, the amount of time, energy and finances involved must be extraordinary.

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)

Pat Deering: If the process was more streamlined and applicants did not have to, as the witness said, hold back information and the information was requested in a more detailed way at the outset, it would eliminate a huge percentage of potential appeals.