Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Public Accounts Committee
Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group
12:15 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is okay, but could Mr. Poole work them out for us? It seems to me that Mr. Poole has confirmed that taxpayers’ money goes to the group and the group in turn pays the salaries, which he will be aware from public reaction the average reasonable person believes to be excessive. That is not news to Mr. Poole. He is aware of that. In addition to money from the taxpayer, there is money from charitable donations going into the blend as well. Was it not wrong for anyone, including the most recent CEO, to come before the committee and say she was not paid by the taxpayer, that she was paid by moneys streamed from commercial ventures? Was that not factually wrong? Mr. Poole is probably best placed to answer.
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