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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Let us take the example of the D Hotel in my town of Drogheda. In his opening statement, Mr. McCarthy made reference to the community engagement team but there was literally no engagement in that instance. The main hotel in the centre of the town was just taken over. There was a thorough lack of engagement. What galled me was the fact that the phone was not even picked up. There was no...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: The Department does not seem to learn from it, though. That is my point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Community engagement team is the wrong title then because we got a phone call to tell us that the deed was done, like it or lump it. That is exactly what happened.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: I know. I am just taking exception to the term "community engagement" and telling Mr. McCarthy that there was no engagement. Had there been engagement, it could have prevented a situation from arising. We had to manage that situation because of the lack of engagement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I have asked for four or five sets of figures. Could we get those before the break?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Have the new heads of Bill gone to Cabinet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: It is not in the summer, however.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Mr. McCarthy said it was not on the list for this summer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: When does Mr. McCarthy think we can expect it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Has the Department been working on the amendment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry; Mr. McCarthy might just say that again. The general scheme of the Bill is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: When does Mr. McCarthy think-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: It will be part of it. It will be on the summer programme or it will be before summer.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: We will have it in the next couple of months before the summer recess.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: The other question was about the total being spent on emergency accommodation. Has Mr. McCarthy got that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: The other issue was the independent monitoring, the 30 inspections.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: I will tell Mr. McCarthy where it came from. It came from the Irish Refugee Council. There were 30 reports published. Therefore, if Mr. McCarthy is saying there were 105-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Can I come back on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: Chair, can we not go ahead and complete this with Deputy Murphy and then come back and start again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Imelda Munster: I think everyone is happy.