Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion

1:00 pm

Ms Angela Kerins:

That is right. However, when one is trying to talk about an organisation that is involved in so many different areas - and most people know the Rehab that they face, whether it is through its services or our recycling companies and whether it is in the UK, Scotland or Poland - everybody has a different view of it. They think they know what it is. It is amazing how many times we have to break through the barrier of people thinking they know what it is in order to try to explain it. The Deputy is absolutely right. We have got to make matters clearer and we need to restructure our operations in order to do that. This matter is heavy on our minds. There is already a committee in place within the Rehab Group which is taking advice from our auditors, the PwCs of the world and our legal people as to how best we might do this. If anybody has an interest in contributing to that process, we would be delighted to hear from them. We need to do it because it is more than overdue. We need to get it done this year. The sooner we can complete it, the better. There are areas in respect of which we require, for very good reasons, quite a number of these company structures. It could be as a result of grant-aid issues or because they are in a different jurisdiction or whatever. Without a doubt, however, the Deputy is absolutely right. Hopefully we will have this piece of work done by year end. It will be good and positive for the organisation to ensure that it underpins our growth. We want to grow the organisation and create more services and jobs.

I would like Mr. McGuire to answer the Deputy's second question. Mr. McGuire has been involved in Rehab Lotteries for many years. If the Deputy does not object, I will pass that question over.

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