Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 32 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments Under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 26 - Collection of Motor Taxation
Financial Statements 2011 - National Roads Authority

12:50 pm

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One takes what one is given. Surely, however, CIE has the ability to count the number of people who pass through its system and on that basis it could argue with the Government from time to time that it deserves a larger subvention because the number of people availing of the schemes has increased. Likewise, with regard to the Department of Education and Skills, which pays CIE €152 million, including €16.7 million to cover administrative costs, if the figures were wrong, surely someone in CIE is counting the results of the scheme? I presume the €152 million includes a profit for CIE.

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