Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta

10:25 am

Photo of Paul ConnaughtonPaul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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I welcome the witnesses. I will continue in English as otherwise this will be a very short session. Perhaps Deputies O'Donnell and Ross will speak as Gaeilge but I will speak in English.

I acknowledge the work done by Údarás in creating and sustaining jobs in more rurally isolated parts of the country where traditionally it has been difficult to create jobs. Where will the 1,000 additional jobs come on stream? How will we have to work on them?

I imagine Mr. Ó Cúláin is expecting questions on the sale of Arramara Teoranta. For the sake of the committee, will he give me a very brief outline of the history of the sale, when it began and why the company is being sold?