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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Two years in a row.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Are many of the jobs specialised?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: The two bodies that I hear a great deal about are the AAIU and the Coast Guard.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: What are the others?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: To find people?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Coast Guard is under-resourced. That is a fact. I have no doubt that Mr. Doyle wants to fill the vacancies, but what is the process for doing that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is being addressed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: The Exchequer receipt from Bus Éireann for school transport in 2015 was €250,000. What did this entail? It is on page 24.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is No. 7.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: For what is that receipt?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Doyle might revert to me. From an accountancy point of view, it jumped out at me that €250,000 came back. That is good.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: When I was going through it, it stood out as intriguing. My second declaration is that I used to work for Fáilte Ireland, to which my next two questions relate. The estimated provision is €56 million, but the outturn was €55 million in 2015 and €61 million in 2014. That is a substantial decrease. Is it too easy to say that this was because The Gathering was...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I can understand that The Gathering was a factor, but what was the other project?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Which has been a great success and I congratulate Fáilte Ireland in that regard. The same applies to Ireland’s Ancient East. Is there a plan for the bit in the middle called the lakelands?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle hope that the figure will increase to €61 million? Tourism is an important spend for our economy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: My next question is on how vacancies are filled by the range of organisations within the Department’s remit. It must be one of the largest Departments in terms of its number of agencies, etc.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: It is publicly known that I was critical of Fáilte Ireland for not using the Public Appointments Service, PAS, to fill its chief executive role and instead wasted €58,000 of taxpayers’ money by using private firms. Why did that happen and is there a departmental policy not to use the PAS? Please do not tell me that it is down to each agency to decide. Surely the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: Why did Fáilte Ireland not use it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know that, but if the Secretary General spoke to any of the chairpersons of the various agencies, of which there are loads, and told them that he expected them to do this, I am sure that they would.