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- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: When was that €17,000 spent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: We are examining those accounts today and it is not good enough for Mr. Bray to say he will come back to us. They are 2011 accounts. Mr. Collier is here, Ms Murphy is here to answer on staff issues and Mr. Bray should have the answer now. Surely the answer is in the accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I know Mr. Collier will get back to me. Why is it not there? Will Mr. Collier give me the general breakdown of the headings under that €17,000. Mr. Bray said it was team building and retirement. Did he mean presentations for retirement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How would he describe that fund? Was it for social events?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: When these retirements took place, the people who retired received lump sums according to Mr. Bray's earlier comments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: So, they received lump sums and then the organisation made some sort of presentation to them in 2011.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Like what?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The sum is €17,000. Regarding team building, what would you do for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Would they do that on-site or off-site?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I find it incredible that Mr. Bray's organisation would come before the Committee of Public Accounts to deal with the 2011 accounts and Mr. Bray would not have the detail he should have. Mr. Bray said earlier that he prepared very well for this meeting. I appreciate it is not in his time but this is a serious committee and when we meet here we should get the answers. When is he likely to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Within a week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: My last question is on the lease of offices. Ordnance Survey Ireland has a number of regional offices, is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Does it own them or lease them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What will happen when the organisation merges? How will those offices be affected? Does it have long leases on them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Are there upward only rent reviews in those leases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Can Mr. Collier obtain from the OPW the lease details and the costs because this committee is tired chasing the OPW and other State agencies and being pushed from pillar to post to get information? Mr. Collier might get that information for us and make it available to the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The bad debt has increased by 59%. What is the bad debt in this respect and who owes money to the agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: It was €72,000 in 2010 and it has increased by 59% to €115,000 in 2011. What does it look like for 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: To make a comparison, it was €72,000 in 2010 and it was €115,000 in 2011.