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- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: They got a bonus in 2012.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I think Mr. Doyle is slightly delusional about that given the current environment. My final question is when was Ms Kerins, the CEO, last paid a bonus.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: A great pity. It does the organisation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do, but it does Rehab no service, nor does it do any service to the public, who provide funds towards Rehab, the service users or the staff. It is not a good day for Rehab. It is extremely important that Ms Kerins and Mr. Flannery take the opportunity to clarify these points before our committee in the interests of Rehab and the wider charity sector.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do they report to Mr. Poole?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are there financial controllers in each company?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is their limit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would it be €50,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: At what level would the financial controller have to approve a payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the CEO have the authority to approve any payments unilaterally?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that but if an invoice came in for an amount below €50,000, or any level, could the CEO unilaterally approve that payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Poole override that payment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Has Mr. Poole questioned them over the years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Kerins had that authority.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Kerr said the response of the Rehab board "to recent political and public demands for information has been inadequate ... we have not exercised strict and appropriate oversight of certain issues". Does Mr. Poole believe now, looking back, that the corporate governance structures within Rehab were lax?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will move on to Rehab’s foray into the coffin business and Complete Eco Solutions. Rehab has provided a lot of documentation and minutes of meetings and so forth. Mr. Poole would have been aware of this. How did this arise? What is the background to it? Was Mr. Hogan involved in it too?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that a typo?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: No I mean in the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is a good deal of confusion in this area. Once again we are trying to ensure public funds were not put at risk. Could Mr. Poole give us a brief overview of it? Mr. Hogan might also tell us about his overview. It appears that Ms Kerins’ family was involved and Mr. Flannery was a director. Will the witnesses tell me how it arose and how Rehab decided not to pursue it. They...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Mr. Hogan will give us an overview. It arose at the audit committee where Ms Kerins stated that her family was involved. Was that the first occasion on which Mr. Hogan became aware of that?