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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Is there a recalibration of costs?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Is Ms McGrath happy and satisfied that she signalled this over recent years?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: A previous Minister for the environment had to write to local authorities to let them know these maps were not sacrosanct in decision making, which might have helped.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have seen this work and I have no doubt. I saw the social element in Clonmel. It was incredible. Some small elements must be dealt with. My real issue is about how it is documented. Earlier, I asked if documentation on decision making could be provided. I would like to ensure it is all documented so we can see the lessons to be learned comprehensively and it is not just piecemeal or...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: My final question was about future-proofing costs.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: If the witnesses have the letter with them, it would be helpful if it could be circulated to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Mr. O'Brien might not have all of those letters with him, but if he has the specific letter mentioned by Deputy McDonald it would be useful for the committee if if was circulated in the next few minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Like my good colleague, Deputy Aylward, I find today to be a pretty incredible meeting for many different reasons. Four hours later we have not really got anywhere. I want to talk a little about that. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on here is like pulling teeth. We have a duty to do so. In his role as CEO, as the accounting manager or officer or whatever phrase is used now,...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is established. Therefore, when it comes to the organisations - and a huge number of them are funded - there are various ways of analysing their performance and of looking under the hood at what they are doing. For instance, outside of the actual financial auditing, which is a big strand that should net issues, were the characters in question, the people who are heading up many of...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I know and accept that, but that is not really my question. My question relates to the fact that the scenario since 2006 has been that various alerts were put in place which, for various reasons that we have not fully got to the bottom of, were never checked out. My point is that in such scenarios, such alerts should trigger audits. I am trying to get beyond the technicality of statements...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Answer the question anyway.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I accept what the witness is saying but I am trying to get to the issue. The HSE must look after an incredible number of funds and public money and this committee must ensure that is done appropriately. I will have questions for the Department of Health in a moment. The HSE is an organisation. It is not just about the financial tracking and auditing, which is clearly critical, but there...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I will get back to that. With regard to the funding given out and whether there was misappropriation of public funds, it must be the case if one believes the following logic. These organisations are funded collectively through funding given by the HSE and various fund-raising mechanisms. One might imagine a big pie. Nobody can distinguish which money is being used for what. This...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I will rephrase it. I shall say, to correct the record, it is possible that it is the case. Would the witness agree it is possible?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: This brings me back to the very good point from Deputy Burke that I was going to raise. I will get into a little more detail. When this process started, how did it take 11 months for it to stop when issues arose? The body in question was still allowed to provide a service. I cannot understand how the HSE did not mobilise more quickly and do something about it more quickly.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I accept the last point but the HSE could have acted more quickly while ensuring services were provided. In doing so, there may have been a better response. That is a subjective view. I was taken by some of the answers from Ms O'Connor and Dr. Smith. I do not want to put words in the witnesses' mouths but what I got from the submission was that there is an equation between the amount of...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. To be honest, and in fairness to him, Mr. O'Brien said earlier on he is a frequent flier. By the end of this process he will be living in the plane by the looks of things, because he will be here so often. That is not his fault either.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: We can see that from the witness's contributions.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: I accept that. I thought he would use his initiative though and come himself.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: And controls.