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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the organisation have charitable status?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is slightly different from a commercial concern in that it does not pay corporation tax.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are management charges submitted to RehabCare and National Learning Network for Ms Kerins’s time?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Do they have anything to do with Ms Kerins’s salary?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Are there chief executive officers in RehabCare and National Learning Network?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: We are here to represent people up and down the country. They see an organisation that receives significant funding from the public purse and in which Ms Kerins’s salary does not specifically come from the private, enterprise company but from the group company above it. It comes out of a pool of funds, 95% of which comes from the State for RehabCare and National Learning Network....

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to Mr. O'Brien's comments. What is his view of the profile of the organisation which Ms Kerins has provided, having regard to section 39 and public pay policy? Has this shed new light on anything?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: On a point of clarification, I ask Ms Kerins about bonuses. It was mentioned in the press statement that she had not taken a bonus in the past four years. Can I take it that she would have received a bonus in 2009? What criteria were used in paying bonuses? Did Ms Kerins defer or waive the payment of a bonus? What were the amounts involved? What does she anticipate her view will be on...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who sets the targets for Ms Kerins's bonus payments?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of the base salary.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Kerins's bonus payment has not been bought out.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Brian Kerr stated in the press statement, "We are satisfied that this is a competitive and fair remuneration for this person," referring to Ms Kerins. What is her view of that statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The ordinary person will look at the figure of €240,000 and regard it as a substantial amount of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have a fair idea. The point I am making is that the Rehab Group appears to contain an even mix of private and public funding, in that 50% of its turnover comes from the State, yet it is all under the one umbrella. Was separating the public side from the private side ever considered to have absolute clarity? I agree that the group delivers services, but the funding is coming from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I hate the word "complicated" because everything can be explained.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In the context of the €4 million, how much would Rehab have received from the State in matching funding?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What expenses does Rehab incur which mean that it only makes approximately €10,000 from gross sales of €4 million in respect of scratch cards? On bingo sales, it only makes a profit of approximately €450,000 from a turnover of €3.2 million. How is that happening?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: So 90% of what is taken in from card sales goes on prize money or commission to retailers.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise. It is just short of 80%.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Politics is beckoning for Mr. McGuire.