Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee.

10:00 am

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

There are other outstanding items of information relating to CIT which relate to the costings of its recent report. One report states the costings are €100,000 and another one states they are €65,000. We should get the internal costs of this report and the breakdown of those, and who managed and produced the report. Also, there is mention of the due diligence report that was prepared by Deloitte and O'Flynn Exhams. We should get a breakdown of the costs of that. Is it possible to get a copy of the minutes of the audit committees of these, or is that a request too far? I am thinking, for example, of the audit committee of CIT. We are going to examine it in regard to its audit. Perhaps the minutes of the audit committee meetings might be of help to members. With respect to the other document, we need to establish the costs of it. How do they reach a point within the college where they produce the document for €65,000 or €100,000 and then somebody decides to redact it? What is that process? Can we ask for clarification on that? Who decides to redact and who decides what to redact?

Another issue was raised in correspondence about the cleaning staff in CIT. It came in by way of anonymous correspondence. We should forward that for clarification in regard to their contracts and employment; the issue of sick pay and so on was raised. Let us have the clarification before the meeting rather than ask for this again at the meeting and not getting full clarification then.

Is there any other issue in regard to the work programme? The work programme is agreed. There is no other business. We have agreed our agenda for next week, which is Vote 7: Office of the Minister for Finance, Chapter 1: Exchequer Financial Outturn, Chapter 2: Government Debt, Chapter 3: Cost of Bank Stabilisation, and the Finance Accounts for 2014.

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