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- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report last night. There was complete dysfunction in governance and oversight control. Everybody was asleep at the wheel. We cannot talk about what happened as we have been warned it is not allowed, but there are issues and concerns. Where was everybody when this was happening? It seems to have been controlled by individuals and executives....
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I know. I heard them all but I picked out the ones I mentioned.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: At what stage did the Department become aware of problems or concerns and what was the immediate reaction of the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: What did the Department do then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Who asked Dr. Thorn to do a report? At what stage was he brought in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I have not read Dr. Thorn's report. I presume it was scathing about what happened. The outcome of his report has brought us to where we are now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: What is Mr. Ó Foghlú's conclusion about the procedures and what happened in Kildare and Wicklow ETB? What is his opinion now? Can it happen again and could it be happening somewhere else in the country?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: That seems to have failed where this investigation is taking place from what I have read. That is my opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I have two questions. Poor contract management practices contributed additional costs of €483,000 regarding the construction of Arklow community college. Given what the witness has said, why did the Comptroller and Auditor General include that comment? That is the opposite of what Mr. Loftus is saying. The €483,000 is almost €0.5 million. It is in the report in black...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: There was a systems failure
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Who is responsible? Can we identify who is responsible for the overrun?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Yes, but the public needs to know why there is an additional cost of €483,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Can Dr. Keyes comment on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: That did not happen in this case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: There is €500,000 with a question mark over it. There is another figure for national school costs to install modular classrooms at €206,000. These classrooms were relocated to a new post-primary school three months later at a cost of €73,000. Is that under investigation as well? This is big money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Why were the modular classrooms purchased in April 2015 at a cost of €206,000? Three months afterwards they were relocated at a cost of €73,000. Why were they put in place in April when three months later they were relocated?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Someone has to answer these questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I make no apology for raising this. It is about taxpayers' money. It is before us in black and white from the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I make no apology to anyone for raising the matter on behalf of the general public.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: We should not be kept away from what we want to ask about. These are blatant problems. I do not know whether it amounted to a waste of taxpayers' money but it is money that has gone astray anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Are there any consequences for the building projects while the investigation is going on? Will there be any problems for the education and training board in Wicklow and Kildare because of this? Will it hold up projects? Will it have any effect on teaching staff? Will there be effects across the board because of what is happening? Is everything okay in that sense? Is everything in order?