Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012

1:20 am

Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I do not disagree with the Deputy. It is a matter of concern to us too, and we want to find out what happened. We will check with other ETBs to determine whether they have vacant properties on which they are paying leases. The ETB should have approached us earlier to let us know but, on the other hand, I accept that there is a difference between the rent it was getting and the rent it was paying, and that there was a differential-----