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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have no difficulty with that and it is a wonderful idea for the community to use school buildings, but I am specifically talking about a company being given the running of this hall. What is the policy around that? Did Mr. Ó Foghlú say there were guidelines?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: This is a school. The hall has been financed substantially by the Department of Education and Skills and there has been substantial fund-raising but now it is proposed that a private company-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is not owned by the State but the Department has given substantial funds to it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Department stands over a situation where it may not be tendered out.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The Chairman asked about public private partnerships, PPPs. Mr. Ó Foghlú said the Department had diversified in regard to school buildings and that some would be under PPPs while others would be dealt with by the Office of Public Works. Has the Department done a cost analysis or other comparison? I was on a VEC many years ago and PPPs were all the rage but they turned out to be a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I missed that.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is that in schedule in the appendix that Mr. O'Brien gave us?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I know that. I refer to the appendix of correspondence. I do not see a reference to 24 February. It seems to start with 6 March.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I should preface my remarks by saying I have read the report and that I am absolutely sickened. I know that it is not relevant, but I would not be human if I did not say I was absolutely sickened. I cannot imagine what it is like for those affected, having read the report more than once. I will start with a practical question on the independent external review. When did it start? When...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. As I have difficulty in pronouncing it, I am avoiding the word.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is okay. I am not going to use the few minutes I have available discussing how it arose. My question is: when did it start? When will it be completed-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I did not hear the answers. When precisely did it start? When will it be completed and how much will it cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Very good.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. O'Brien is expecting to receive it. Was it not set out in the terms of reference?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Was a period set out within which the report should be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: My question-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am taking it directly from Mr. O'Brien's statement. I am very conscious of what the Chairman told us. He is perfectly right on what we should stick to. I am very conscious there is an ongoing inquiry.