Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 February 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion

2:20 pm

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms Kerins mentioned the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his comment that Rehab was more akin to a semi-State body. I heard that radio interview, in which he also asked when was a charity not a charity, when did it become a commercial entity and that, if one reached a point where a certain proportion of one's work was commercial, it was better to be called a commercial entity with a certain ethos rather than a charity. I am paraphrasing, but Ms Kerins probably heard the interview. I would be interested in her views.

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