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

Catherine Murphy: That would not be good governance practice but that is not down to Ms Delaney, it is down to the Minister. Ms Delaney has identified the number of complaints or concerns of which she was notified and specifically identified 15 on which she is taking further action. What are they?

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

Catherine Murphy: Is there anything more than that with any of them, that is, other than regarding compliance?

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

Catherine Murphy: Okay. Ms Delaney talked about using intelligence and information, including data. I am curious whether the organisation ever used Benefacts for the information it used to provide?

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

Catherine Murphy: It was very useful to have the information in one location. I might ask the departmental official about a replacement for Benefacts. That was talked about at the time. I could not for the life of me understand why it would not have that in place before it closed down a valuable source of information. Where is that at the moment?

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

Catherine Murphy: Is it not Mr. Ryan's Department that will be dealing with a replacement for that platform?

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

Catherine Murphy: It was my understanding that was the case. I can check that out with the Department of the Taoiseach. I am trying to figure out the information but our witnesses really are scratching around in the dark. Looking at other similar institutions in other jurisdictions, have they a stronger function? Have they more powers or information that is more readily available to them? What are we...

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

Catherine Murphy: To return to Ms Delaney's own organisation, what benefits are staff receiving in terms of health insurance, car allowance or anything like that?

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

Catherine Murphy: None. Okay, that is fine. Regarding the positions, Ms Delaney talked about a very small number of vacancies. What kind of expertise does the regulator have and is there anything it has applied for in terms of additional resources for expertise? I presume she looks for resources all of the time. She might give us an idea of what she thinks is needed.

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

Catherine Murphy: I have no more questions. I thank the witnesses and the staff of the Charities Regular and the Department of Rural and Community Development for the work involved in preparing for today's meeting. I also thank Ms Colette Drinan and the staff of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office for attending and assisting the committee today. Is it agreed that the clerk should seek any...

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

Catherine Murphy: The public business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and statements, correspondence, consideration of draft work programme and any other business. The first business is the minutes of the meetings of 2, 3 and 10 October, which have been circulated to members. Do members wish to raise any matters in relation to the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed....

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

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General's office for the report. I wish to ask about An Bord Pleanála because we have engaged with it before. The work programme may be a moot point at this stage, but it is incumbent on us as a committee to ensure that because of the reports that have been compiled on the issues relating to 2022, we have it in our sights for an engagement in the...

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

Catherine Murphy: There is nothing scheduled, but it would normally be up to us to put it on the work programme. Even if a general election is called, it may well be of value to indicate that intention because the next Committee of Public Accounts will pick up on it.

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

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. The Comptroller and Auditor General's office refers to reports that have been compiled on issues in 2022 and onwards. Are those reports now complete and in the Comptroller and Auditor General's possession or what stage are they at? If the reports are published and completed, that has a bearing on how this committee proceeds.

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

Cormac Devlin: I thank Ms Drinan for that. We have spoken to An Bord Pleanála before about the internal control report - the second report to which Ms Drinan referred. Allowing for the chairman to have sufficient time and also to ensure this committee is diligent in its work, I suggest that in within the first month or two of 2025 this committee would seek to engage with An Bord Pleanála on the...

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

Catherine Murphy: We can agree that. The last time An Bord Pleanála was in, one of the key issues was staffing. It is such a pivotal issue. We talk about planning and constraints. One of the biggest constraints is for An Bord Pleanála not to have sufficient people to make decisions in a timely way on matters coming before it. A number of issues merit consideration so I think we can agree on...

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

Mairead Farrell: No, I was just agreeing to that.

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

Catherine Murphy: The Gathering Project 2013 had a turnover of nil. The Comptroller and Auditor General audits about 280 public bodies. Is it not wasteful to have something constantly there that has not had a remit in recent years?

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)

Catherine Murphy: We might just-----

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

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Drinan. In fact, I noted that most of the others did not appear non-compliant. There is generally an improvement in that area.