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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are salaries paid? Are there employees?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did the directors receive fees?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: There were no fees.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want to go back to Friends and Supporters of the CRC Limited. Between 1998 and 2011 it raised approximately €27.856 million, of which almost €8 million went to the CRC and approximately €15 million was set aside for the provision of loans for associates. There was a balance of approximately €5 million. Of what do the provisions of loans for associates consist of?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of the €28 million, €8 million went to the CRC and somewhere between €12 million and €14 million is set aside at any one time for various projects. That is generally-----

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Brien made reference to consolidated pensions. I presume the HSE is funding the portion of Mr. Kiely's pension to the approved limit. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are there circumstances where the pensions of employees of agencies covered by section 38 are funded by the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the CRC medical devices company. What year was that established?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want more clarity.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was it formed as a direct subsidiary of the CRC?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it correct that at the time a loan of €460,000 was given by the CRC to the medical devices company?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am told the medical devices company is now a subsidiary of Friends and Supporters of CRC. It was originally a subsidiary of the main company and received this loan.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Conlan has refunded €40,000 to the Health Service Executive, according to media reports. Mr. Conlan was on a salary of €125,000, which means he had a top-up of approximately €40,000. Was this top-up paid for by private funds raised for the Central Remedial Clinic?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: All I want to hear is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Mr. Conlan was paid €125,000 up to 1 October. Was the top-up of €42,000 paid for from private funds raised from the private Friends and Supporters of the CRC fund-raising company?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: If that is the case, is the HSE surprised that it got the €40,000 back from Mr. Conlan, as we read in the media?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Conlan has seen fit to refund €40,000 but, given that the top-up appears to have come from private funds, he is refunding to it to the wrong party. Mr. Kiely, do you not believe you have a moral obligation to make a similar refund to the CRC private fund, taking into account the Government's guidelines on pay?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: From what we have heard this morning it seems, in view of the work done by the CRC and charity sector overall, that as a board your position is untenable. Do you not think that as a board they need to step down?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am asking a very direct question. The CRC receives significant income from fund-raising. The situation is that the board completely ignored the HSE. I have read the correspondence. It only replied to the HSE on 27 July, having received a performance warning letter the previous day. Furthermore, it informed the HSE in the letter that it was going ahead in appointing Mr. Conlan come hell...

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Kiely wish to make an opening statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Dec 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The HSE is in before us today as well and there is correspondence in the public domain between the HSE and the CRC. Could we request that we would have sight of the documentation?