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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Madeleine Delaney: In theory, they could.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Madeleine Delaney: The 15 that I referenced in my opening statement concerned charities which did not engage with us voluntarily to provide information so that we could assess what was going on and then engage with them to resolve whatever the issue was. Those are the instances where we have invoked our statutory power to require them to produce the information and if they do not, there...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Madeleine Delaney: No, as I say, it is the rare occasion when we feel the situation warrants appointing inspectors, which is a more public-facing and formal aspect of the work. We engage an external party as well. All of the other work is done internally on a one-to-one basis with charities and it can be quite intensive.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Madeleine Delaney: We did not use the information. We were obviously aware of the organisation and it might have mined some of our information for its work. Benefacts covered the charity and the not-for-profit sectors. Obviously we are just one subset of that and we never used Benefacts ourselves.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Mr. Jake Ryan: I thank the Chair. I understand the Department of Taoiseach is looking at national funding platform at the moment. We are continuing to engage and support it with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Mr. Jake Ryan: Not as far as I know.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Madeleine Delaney: The Chair has hit on the important point of information there. A difference in the other jurisdictions that is of advantage to them is that they supervise all of the charities on their register that apply through them. Therefore, the quality of the information and making sure their governance documents are what is required are all in a better position than it is for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Which body showed non-compliance with procurement rules?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Colette Drinan: The amount that was disclosed was €648,000 compared to the previous year when it was €1.2 million. There is, therefore, a downward trend. Waterford and Wexford ETB developed a corporate procurement plan in 2024 and states that it expects improvements in this space.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Colette Drinan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: One of them relates to bogus self-employment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Colette Drinan: Yes, we have been engaging with the Department. We have engaged with officials in terms of preliminary discussions. I think they were looking at the heads of Bill. Obviously, when there is detailed draft legislation, we will look at that as well insofar as it relates to the audit arrangements for RTÉ.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is about receiving constant updates from the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Ms Colette Drinan: Yes, and we look at that in the context of the Estimates annually. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach mentioned earlier, we have a portfolio of audits that we carry out. That changes constantly because there are mergers and new bodies created and bodies wound down. We look at that in the round and, obviously, we are aware that an audit like that is coming down through the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (17 Oct 2024)

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank members and witnesses for participating in today's meeting. Anyone joining remotely needs to do so from within the Leinster House complex, as they know. We will now proceed with our consideration of the 2024 Supplementary Estimate for Vote 32. To discuss the matter today, I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Emer Higgins: That is purely pensions. The Department does not pay the staff itself but we pay the pensions and obviously with the public service pay agreement there has been adjustments.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (17 Oct 2024)

Emer Higgins: Yes.