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- 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?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: It is probably one of the fastest growing areas in the country in the sense of the population.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I wish to go back to Dr. Keyes again. I want to come back to the question of governance within the system and what happened. What role does the board play now and what role did it play then? It needs to be defined.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: How often does the board meet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: During the time concerned, when the investigation was ongoing, was the board meeting every two months?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Were the audit committee and the finance committee meeting regularly as well?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Was the finance committee aware that there were concerns within the ETB at that stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Was the board, the audit committee, the finance committee or any section aware that there were ongoing concerns with the executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I want to ask straight out if they were sound asleep at the wheel?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: What was the relationship between the board and the executive? Was it a good relationship and was the executive always at the meeting of the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Will I get a second turn? Most of the talking was done over there.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to ensure better pay and working conditions for members of the Defence Forces; the further steps being taken to ensure appropriate supports are available to both current and former members of the Defence Forces that may be experiencing financial difficulties; if he has satisfied himself that recruitment methods are...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9809/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (27 Feb 2019)
Bobby Aylward: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the reimbursement status of the drug Fasenra (benralizumab); if it has been discussed by the HSE drugs leadership group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9860/19]