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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)
John McGuinness: Would half the members have changed?
- 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: Are the same people on the audit committee?
- 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: Perhaps you would provide us with that.
- 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 other question that arose from some of the reports is the travel costs of governing body members. Explain how they would incur costs for travel.
- 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: No, it was in the period we are discussing. It is a separate question. Did the governing body incur travel expenses during the period in question? If it did, how did it incur them and what was it doing?
- 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: They were being paid to be there and to govern and all of this took place.
- 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. They were paid for going down to govern.
- 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: Perhaps you would give us a list of who did-----
- 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: -----and what it was for during that period, so we know what we are speaking about here and what other moneys were expended on the governance of the college. On the governance issue also, Mr. Quigley said in his report that while he had not examined the question in detail, he recommended that there should be a review of the size and composition of governing bodies for the institutes of...
- 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: So that will be addressed. Proceeding to the staff, there are 160 staff involved in the various companies. There is a considerable amount of money to be examined in terms of not just the cost of bringing these companies under the direct guide of the institute but also in terms of their assets. Have you asked the Department, or directly where you get your funding, about how the €3.2...
- 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 happens when the new structure comes into play?
- 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: You have not set out yet the money you might require from the Department 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: Will you be expecting that from the Department?
- 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: That is €10 million and the college has loans of €3.2 million.
- 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: A total of €13 million will be required to sort this out.
- 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: Are they moving from being private entities to being subsidiaries?
- 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: Are they coming into the State?
- 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 160 staff?
- 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: Is that the position 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: They were in the private sector but are they now moving across.