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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: It is very important with regards to job creation. Could a warranted case be put in for funding based on exceptional need for a project that had a joint MOU?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Deputy Ross raised a point about taxation and corporation tax, but what is the GDP benefit of IDA and Enterprise Ireland companies to the Irish economy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Is that in the Irish economy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: What would it be for the IDA?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: So really the corporation tax is only one very small element of the income.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

John Perry: I congratulate Frank Ryan on his appointment as chair of the IDA. I am aware of his extraordinary record in Enterprise Ireland. We are fortunate that he is available to serve as chairman of the IDA. I believe he will do very well.

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Phone a friend.

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Phone a friend.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Regarding the Small Firms Association and the Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation, is that dealing with the issue of procurement and supply?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Would it be advisable to have somebody from the Office of Government Procurement in attendance?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: What outturn do you hope to achieve? I see that the committee dealt with it previously with the procurement office.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Do you anticipate a resolution in that area? It is a very difficult area because there are so many different school suppliers for the national procurement office. Is that what you are hoping?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: From the point of view of the major difficulties with financial management, it is amazing that a multi-annual budgeting system is not in place. Am I correct in stating what is involved in this instance relates to the disbursement of funds on behalf of various Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Is it fair to say the OPW's job in this regard depends to quite a degree on the co-operation of the Accounting Officers in these Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: The OPW has a massive footprint across the State in terms of the work it carries out on national monuments, buildings, etc. Would it be normal procedure for Ms McGrath and her staff to meet on occasion with the Accounting Officers as a group?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Obviously, the OPW takes responsibility for overruns or deficits. Is it not the case, therefore, that it is very much dependent on the level of co-operation provided by the Accounting Officers in the Departments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General might respond to my next point. In the light of the fact that, as part of Government policy, multi-annual budgeting applies across the various Departments, it is amazing that it does not obtain in the OPW. The work it carries out is not based on a 52-week process. A period of 52 weeks is a short timeframe for the type of work the office does,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Does Mr. Quigley agree that by not having such a facility in place, huge pressure is being exerted on the OPW in managing its business from an accounting point of view?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: If one considers the repair work done to any of the State monuments, the funding involved is ring-fenced within a 52-week period. In that context, would Mr. Quigley not assume it is a priority?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts 2013
Vote 13 - OPW
Chapter 4 - Accounting for OPW Agency Services (26 Feb 2015)

John Perry: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General agree that the process in obtaining permission from the Department to carry over capital can be both long and tedious?