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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I will move on to issues concerning staffing and recruitment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I wish to put a number of questions to the witnesses on the issue of staff recruitment. Clearly, a moratorium was introduced on staff recruitment in 2009 by the previous Government. I believe there was a reduction of six staff between that period and 2011 and that at the end of 2011, the headcount was 15. That number now has fallen to just two, a very small number indeed. However, it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Sorry, it is on page 21, where it states, "I bring to your attention that a second contract was entered into with an existing staff member in October 2009 after the announcement of the Government moratorium". This was done by the former CEO. Was that Mr. Maloney?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the witnesses for the comprehensive notes they have provided on the accounts, which are very helpful and allow us to come to a much quicker understanding of the financial position of the authority. I want to raise a number of points, the first of which relates to the pension liabilities. How many individuals are involved in terms of the organisation's pension liabilities into the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: In terms of the previous chief executive, what would be the value of Mr. Moloney's pension pot in the context of his work with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA? Is Mr. Crawley in a position to-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: If it were possible to forward that information to the committee, it would be very helpful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Given that it was always the case, and had been the stated position of the authority over the years, that pension obligations would be met from accumulated reserves from its development work, it is clear that was not possible given the economic tsunami that hit the organisation, a phrase Mr. Crawley used, although probably in a different context. Obviously, discussions opened with the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned that arrangement but it is actually the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government that will be responsible for the pension provisions. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I accept that clarification from the Comptroller and Auditor General, which is useful. Regarding matters to do with public procurement, I note from the associated documentation provided to the committee - I refer to point No. 2 on page 21 - that in regard to procurement the witnesses want to draw our attention to the fact that the authority delayed procurement of some services in 2011 and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: What was the value of those two contracts?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Excuse me for jumping ahead but, in anticipation of what the Comptroller and Auditor General may say in his opening remarks, there is a clear issue in respect of the decision taken in two weeks to increase the financial exposure of the organisation in terms of the joint venture from €9 million to over €61 million. It may be intimated that members of the board who were in situat...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: We are re-entering the twilight zone, stepping in and stepping out again as time passes. I resent the claim that the committee is attempting to bury something. That is an objectionable slur on members which should be withdrawn. I am concerned that someone who purports to be interested in protecting whistleblowers would decide to promote this type of agenda by handing over the transcript to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: We must proceed with caution. There are potential implications in the context of how this and other committees might operate in the future. With respect, this issue is much larger than Sergeant McCabe. I expressed some concerns in respect of the unintended consequences to which remarks made at last week's meeting could potentially give rise. We will no longer have control over the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: We want it still to be special.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (29 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish with the Garda Commissioner the number of individual members of an Garda Síochána who have referred complaints through the Garda confidential procedure for each year since the inception of the procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is Mr. Callinan satisfied it is sufficiently robust to address concerns that members of the force have drawn to its attention previously?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Can Mr. Callinan talk me through the level of support provided for a member of the force who feels he or she must bring information to the attention of individuals operating this mechanism?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Who examines a complaint brought to the attention of the people concerned?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is there no one outside the ranks of the Garda Síochána investigating complaints brought to the attention of the confidential reporting system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is Mr. Callinan satisfied there is sufficient buy-in by members of the force in terms of the robustness of the structures available? Since its inception, has it been independently assessed in terms of its effectiveness or efficacy?