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- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) Imelda Munster: The Comptroller and Auditor General's chapter cites the benefits of the National Shared Services Office as including salary cost savings, enhanced financial control and increased fiscal transparency, and there is a reference to data security and procurement management. Does the witness accept the dramatic overspend on the project represents a failure in procurement?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) Imelda Munster: Would she accept the argument?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) Imelda Munster: What about overpayments and data breaches?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) Imelda Munster: The overpayments and data breaches would not be representative of a people-first or service excellence approach. The witness agrees on that, I am sure.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office
Chapter 5 – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services (16 Feb 2021) Imelda Munster: I know what the witness is saying but the key performance indicators reference "people first" and "service excellence". The service is nonetheless still dealing with overpayments and data breaches.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: I want to, again, raise the issue of the Educate Together secondary school on the Mill Road in east Meath and the Department's plans to move it temporarily for a third time. The current site was specifically chosen to cater for the massive growth in population in the east Meath area and the parents are adamant that they will not be moved again. There is ample land on the current site to...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: -----and request that the Department carry out an on-site-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: I will touch on some of the issues around CCTV and the integrity fund. In 2017, the IHRB announced it was rolling out CCTV, installing it in stable yards, etc. Mr. Kavanagh mentioned the funding. Am I right in saying the funding was given specifically for that? Was that in 2017 or 2018?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Okay. Mr. Kavanagh said earlier he received the request from the IHRB to transfer the funding. What date did he receive that request?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: What date were the testing labs changed? Does Mr. Kavanagh remember the change that resulted in a reported 440% increase in positive tests?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Is there any way we can check that, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: HRI changed the labs at the start of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Okay. The IHRB changed the labs, resulting in a huge increase in positive tests. One would imagine they would say this is working and it is great to have this facility to deter doping.
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Six months later, the IHRB requested the funding be transferred to another project and not to go ahead with the CCTVs. Did the HRI not find that a bit odd?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: What does that mean? Can Mr. Kavanagh explain that. Did Mr. Kavanagh not find it odd that at last the IHRB had a system that appeared to go over and above in its ability to detect doping, bringing an increase of 440%, and six months later it requested that funding be transferred and not to go ahead with CCTV?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Does Mr. Kavanagh not accept that CCTV would be a good deterrent in detecting doping?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Why would he not have concerns? He said earlier it was a priority and an area he could never be complacent about. Why was he not concerned when that request came in? He said earlier the IHRB is a separate organisation. It is a separately constituted organisation but the finance accounts show that 90% of IHRB funding came from HRI and there are two members on the HRI board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: HRI has to take some responsibility for that bizarre decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: The point is that most people would have concerns about this. HRI knew doping was going on. That is correct, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)
Imelda Munster: Mr. Kavanagh says as CEO of HRI that he was not aware there was doping going on. Why would he not want CCTV to follow up on the proven doping cases?