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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: The audit committee and governing body signed off and accepted the accounts over those years and not a single question was asked of the president with regard to those accounts. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: The entire system would seem to be guilty of negligence, at least, in terms of how affairs were conducted and the accounts were examined.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Mr. McFeely stated they were made aware of the issues. He may have made them aware in an informal way.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Did no one have the bottle to raise the question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: What is a "confidential" basis? Is it hush-hush? He was spending a fortune.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: The information requested can be given to the clerk to the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: I remind the Deputy of the time allocated to him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Was it a return flight?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: The Deputy should raise the issue with representatives of the Higher Education Authority when they appear before us next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: I do not see anyone nodding.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Before I allow in the Comptroller and Auditor General, I would like to ensure we deal completely with this issue. I asked a question relating to the preparation of the accounts and the involvement of the audit committee and before seeking other comments at the end of this meeting, I would have asked the same question as Deputy Fleming has asked in order to complete the circle. The Office of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: I will address that before we finish.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: I raised the question because expenditure started at €30,000, which was a reasonable amount, but it travelled some distance to €180,000 and from there to €635,000. That is such an exceptional difference over the years that, in my view, someone should have picked up on it. I cannot accept the explanation given by the governing bodies that some of the auditing committees...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Mr. McFeely, did Dr. Port not see anything wrong with being flown from Waterford to Dublin?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Is there a timeframe for the court case or the legal proceedings referred to earlier?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: In that context, Mr. Neavyn was questioned about another report but that will not be available until after those proceedings conclude. I accept that but given what we have heard today, there is further work to be done with regard to our understanding of what happened. Perhaps after the court case, at a time acceptable to Dr. Neavyn, he could come before this committee again and explain the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: The Department of Education and Skills will be before the committee next week so we can pose that question again, directly to Dr. Port.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: Finally, various pieces of information were requested by Deputy Fleming and others and I ask the contributors to ensure that they are sent to the committee clerk as soon as possible. I refer to information on employment numbers, various grades and so forth. Due to the fact that we are not completing our deliberations on special report No. 78, we will not dispose of it today. We have a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: He is involved in a court case. We will explain the right to reply and send him the information from this meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (27 Sep 2012)
John McGuinness: We will accept that point.