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Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: He is a family member. I thank the witnesses for clarifying that. Mr. Gleeson wanted to correct the record in terms of something he said earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Gleeson for the clarification. Mr. Martin helped him to clarify it. I thank the witnesses and staff of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for their work in preparing for today's meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for assisting the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, consideration of the committee's draft work programme and any other business. The first item is the minutes of our meeting of 4 July, which have been circulated to members. Are all members happy with the minutes? Does anyone wish to raise any issues? I will take it that the minutes...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I have a quick question. It is not on this but on something we talked about this morning, the EU funds that are not audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Who audits those?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: They have some oversight.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy referring to agricultural funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: This fund is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and his counterpart in the North.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I cannot remember her name but we met her here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is her. She seemed very competent. I again notice the cross-Border bodies always seem to receive a clear opinion. I suppose that is down to the fact that there are so many sets of eyes on them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is encouraging to see. I just wished to acknowledge that. Can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. We will move on to correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will be dealt with in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Which one is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is the one relating to the OPW from its former head of professional services.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It had to do with Castletown. I doubt we will be given the legal advice but we did ask for some additional information last week. That is probably the extent of what we will get. There is one item of note. What instruction was given to OPW valuers with regard to Castletown?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The correspondence is from Mr. Allen Morgan, head of property advisory services in the OPW. Leaving aside the 541 office properties, there were 1,559 that are not classified as offices. I suggest that we ask the OPW to provide a note on those other 1,559 properties, categorising their purpose under different headings. On the other issue, I recommend that the committee formally request the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I teased it out a little bit. I believe the Department agreed to give us the information I was looking for but it is not as clear-cut as I thought it was. I am happy to wait to see what it sends us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is happy enough with that. That concludes our section on correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Did I not flag the correspondence regarding Tusla and Children's Health Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. Only the two we have discussed were flagged. Does the Deputy want to speak on that item?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will be very brief. We are all aware of the money that was allocated for a specific purpose and was then not spent on that purpose. It would be worth our while to write to CHI to ask how that decision was made.