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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: I went through the timeframe. It is all about the timeframe and the key personnel in charge doing a job. Ultimately, it is down to who is manning the till.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: On 1 July IBRC formed a court-mandated merger of Anglo Irish Bank. In the autumn of 2011 Siteserv could not repay a debt of €150 million to IBRC. It went to the market and IBRC hired Walter Hobbs to supervise the sale. This is in the period all of these appointments were being made. On 9 March 2011 the 31st Dáil met and new members of the Government were appointed. In March...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: Mr. Dukes said there had been a private conversation and that he wanted to join before he became Secretary General. Is that included in the record?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: The point I am making is about the personnel changes and it is well worth mentioning again. Were there special arrangements or temporary staff assignments made during this difficult and complex transition period? When all of this was happening, who was in charge?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: Who was making the decisions?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: Is there paperwork to that effect? I have no doubt that the Chairman will say with regard to all of the management meetings that were taking place that everybody seemed to have a job, but who was taking action? There is the phrase, "Straight talk, action and results." Was there straight talking? Was there action and what results were achieved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: Is that not extraordinary in light of the chronology of events? The shares plummeted to zero and nothing happened.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: I will finish on this point. In light of 2009 up to 2011, with the new formation of the toxic banks, including Irish Nationwide, would Ms Nolan not agree that the framework document was a very bad one or that it was not acted on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: Who was it negotiated with?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: I could not see them having any problem with that document. Was it not in their interest that the document would be of benefit to the resolution of getting cash in? What problem would they have with the document?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: I come from the business world and a document of this nature is not rocket science. It was a framework document dealing with toxic loans which were going to be sold and a company that owed €150 million. One would think these were peace deal negotiations. This is only a simple document of how one does business. Is that not correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015)

John Perry: I thank the witness.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: I welcome Ms O'Donoghue. The Chairman has made a good point about extrapolating the payments. In terms of the average payments, that is a random selection at a particular point in time. What would be the margin of error on those types of payment if the Department had a concern about them? With the budget available to the Department, it would be difficult to do a random selection on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: We will not worry. If the turnover of €19 billion is divided by the anomalies of the turnover of control, does Mr. McCarthy have a calculation for what that percentage would be if one takes the extrapolated figures into the budget of €19 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: I thank Mr. McCarthy. The Chairman has pointed out that in the extrapolated figures, the €2 million a week is the level of discretion on the rent supplement. It is a very good point because €2 million a week is a lot of money. People may be looking for an extra €50 which is a lot of money in the context of benefits. Reference was made to controls and the public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: If one goes to airports, they are there in the centralised systems. International airports have top security on passport controls. It is used effectively by employers where a finger goes in and they know exactly that nobody else is clocking in for them-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: I think it is wonderful. I understand that in the UK they use a personal ID number from birth to death.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: Is it interlinked with that system?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: How many have been issued?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 10 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 11 - Control of Supplementary Welfare Allowances
Chapter 12 - Farm Assist
Social Insurance Fund 2013 (28 May 2015)

John Perry: From what age?