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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: April.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: But it was not.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. O'Callaghan has said it was an appalling service.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: In what way?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is not complex at all. I appreciate what Mr. O'Callaghan says and have read about it. I realise that he is talking about a whole-life approach and I take that on board. However, it is not complex. There is €110 million to be administered to a finite number of people - it is the case we know it is finite?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: And we know it is even less than the finite figure that is coming from the redress board because of death and age and people not bothering and people worn down by the system.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: All that money was available before the applications opened and Caranua knew exactly what to expect. The maximum was what the redress board had told Caranua, but Mr. O'Callaghan knew from experience that was not going to happen, is that correct? All right. In the space of time Caranua has been there, which is three years, from March 2014, how many outside companies, apart from Mazars, have...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Capita and Mazars were the two I came across, how many others?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: And there were external reviews. List them.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Could Mr. O'Callaghan list them? In the short period of time this organisation has existed, is it correct that there was a year and a half with no financial controller?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There was no financial controller for the whole of 2015 into July 2016, despite the Comptroller and Auditor General raising issues about internal controls. In fact, he gave Caranua the thumbs up on its accounts but said there were problems with internal processes.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Caranua may well be in much better shape, but I am about to come to the survivors or the applicants who have dealt with it who might not be in much better shape as a result of the process. I am glad to hear that Caranua might be in better shape. I want a list of the reports commissioned to ensure that Caranua's processes were in order.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There were outside accountants for that.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What are they called?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What were they looking at?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What did that cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What did that cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Higgins has heard my question. I have heard of Capita and Mazars and these accountants. Who else is there? List them and how much it has cost so far to ensure proper controls are in place. There is also the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. I will park that for the moment. I reluctantly return to Ms Higgins' public remarks and my colleague raised them this morning. Does Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Let me quote them exactly. I want to get on to the issues. I am not a personality person and I stay with issues but Ms Higgins went on "Liveline". I do not want to insult the applicants by repeating the language that was used, that "these people are damaged, the hole in them cannot be filled by what we do, unfortunately". Did Ms Higgins use that language? Did she say that?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did Ms Higgins take part in "Liveline"?