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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The first matter on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 3 October 2013. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. Two issues arise from the minutes. A committee delegation will visit Ethiopia at the end of November. Full details of the programme and the cost of sending the delegation will be published. The details, which are being finalised by Irish Aid in consultation with the committee,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: We shall proceed with the documents that relate to today's meeting. No. 3C.1 is correspondence received on 4 October 2013 from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, which contains briefing material from the Department and Higher Education Authority on matters to be considered at today's meeting. The correspondence is to be noted and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: They will appear on 14 November.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: With the agreement of members, we can include the issue raised by the Deputy on the agenda for the meeting with the HSE. We can notify the HSE that at the meeting on 14 November we will be discussing Chapter 22, eligibility for medical cards, and also the matter the Deputy raised, with some other matters relative to the HSE budget. We can put it to it in such general terms, if that is what...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Can we agree the agenda for Thursday, 17 October? We have two meetings scheduled for that day. At 10 a.m. we will meet representatives of Forfás to examine its annual accounts and at noon we will meet representatives of Ordnance Survey Ireland to examine its annual accounts. A number of issues were raised at previous meetings of the committee at which the Accounting Officer was to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: We are now dealing with Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (resumed). Before we begin, I again remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off all mobile phones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and broadcast transmission of the meeting. Witnesses are protected by absolute...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Tom Boland to introduce his officials.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I call on the Comptroller and Auditor General to introduce the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: At our last meeting we asked for one opening statement which would deal with all of the issues raised and I understand that Dr. Neavyn will give that statement. I invite you to do that now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I thank Dr. Neavyn. May we publish your statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Apologies for interrupting Deputy Nash, but in that instance the person involved was not a staff member but the chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: At the outset, I acknowledge the work undertaken by Mr. Quigley and the fact that he has done it without charge. At a previous meeting, we acknowledged his valuable work at the Valuation Office. He is an excellent public servant. One does not come across that type of contribution often. I also wish to acknowledge the work being done by WIT in terms of its development, its students, its...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: For how long have they been the auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How much would they have cost the institute for the standard audit each year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Approximately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Some €30,000 per annum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: In order to do these two different reports, Deloitte's were selected again. Who selected Deloitte's?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The governing body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What about the personnel who came in and did the reports and audit? Were they the same personnel?