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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: When did Mr. Byrne take up his position as president of the college?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Could Dr. Neavyn go down through the reports produced to date and tell me how much has been spent on them?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: It relates to the Deloitte reports, the Quigley report and the Grant Thornton report.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I commend Mr. Quigley on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: For both reports?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: What was the make-up of the two individual reports? Ninety-seven thousand euro-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that the VAT-inclusive figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is approximately €100,000. Were there expenses on top of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: And the Grant Thornton report?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: What does the figure of €46,524 consist of?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is Grant Thornton again?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: In essence, costs associated with Deloitte are about €100,000 while legal costs are about €20,000. That adds up to approximately €120,000 to date. In terms of consolidation, one is probably talking about €100,000 in consultancy fees for Grant Thornton.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: So about €213,000 has been expended to date on the consolidation process?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I see them as two separate issues. I want to deal with the expenses issue first. A total of €120,000 has been extended to date in spending on that issue. The questions one must ask are whether that provides value for the taxpayer and whether that amount of money will be recouped from the legal case. Has the level of expenditure for personal use been quantified and how much does WIT...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is on the basis that the institute recoups €22,000 in legal costs if it wins the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: One is looking at a break-even situation in regard to WIT's outgoings versus getting the money back. Clearly there are salacious elements in the details of the case, but why did reason and common sense not prevail with regard to people sitting down to examine the case? The Deloitte report indicates that between 1 January 2009 and 31 May 2011 the president's office incurred almost €1...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: That was between the first and second Deloitte reports.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The second report was not completed, however.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: It does.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: WIT is a fine academic institution with great staff and students. Equally, however, we have a specific task to perform. This appears to be a case of a sole trader operating in an institute. The chairman of the institute was flying in economy class while the president was in first class on the same flight. The explanation the president gave was that it was common practice across all the...