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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Cregan ever reach a conclusion as to why he could not find those reports?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Were they ever there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Cregan consider making contact with those former CEOs regarding their files?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Cregan also stated that there was proper financial-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Mr. Cregan referred to there being proper financial systems, but there appears to have been a major absence of documentation in respect of inter-company transfers. Mr. Goulding can correct me if I am wrong but, under the original structure, the CRC held the shares in the Care Trust before they were transferred to the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic. CRC Medical...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is Mr. Cregan satisfied with the structure of the group - which comprises the Central Remedial Clinic as a stand-alone entity with the Friends and Supporters of CRC being a 50% shareholder in the Care Trust and a 100% shareholder in CRC Medical Devices - which was established to circumvent the HSE being made aware of moneys?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Reference is made on page 55 of the report to the company purpose and the memorandum and articles of association for the CRC and Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic. It is fair to say that the €700,000 transferred from the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic to CRC in respect of settlement fell outside the terms of its memorandum and articles of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I was struck by Mr. Goulding's opening statement. CRC does fantastic work. I have reviewed the original memorandum and articles of association of the CRC, of which Mr. Goulding's mother was the founding member. I want to divorce the work done by CRC and its staff and users of the facility from the structures. Mr. Goulding asked earlier why he is here today. The HSE is the custodian of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I was struck by Mr. Goulding's statement that he first shook a collection box for CRC at the age of 15 on the streets of various towns around Ireland. The Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic raise approximately €1.4 million per annum through the Care Trust. This money is raised through the sale of tickets countrywide. The people who purchase the tickets expect that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: For how long has Mr. Goulding been chairman of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Prior to that Mr. Goulding would have been a member of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: How can the board of CRC stand over the taking from Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic of half of the income raised from people countrywide for charitable purposes for use as payment of a settlement or pay-off for a former CEO? How can the board stand over that the same CEO implemented cuts under Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, the money raised by friends and supporters was for capital projects.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Of that, €750,000 was used for a settlement. With the benefit of hindsight and considering the e-mails between Mr. Goulding and Mr. Kiely. I want to take away the personalities from those documents, and to put it in lay terms, it seems Mr. Kiely was able to come up with his own dowry without having to provide for it. Should Mr. Kiely have come up with his own package or should the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I want Mr. Goulding to deal specifically with the issue of Mr. Kiely effectively coming up with his own dowry. Why did the CRC not bring in an independent party to adjudicate on his package. It appears Mr. Goulding sent an e-mail indicating that it would be extremely important that the board would sign off on the package, and that the board rubber-stamped it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did the board at the time seek legal counsel advice at any stage about Mr. Kiely's entitlement to retain that level of salary and get that type of remuneration package?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The problem is the €700,000 could have been used for front-line services. The memorandums and articles of the friends and supporter fund indicates it should be to "erect building structures, train nurses, educate and generally assist." It is also to "provide home help for disabled persons". A €700,000 settlement, without seeking proper legal advice, does not meet the terms of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In his role as CEO he imposed FEMPI cuts across the board, but only for half his own income, despite what the HSE said he should do. I contend that at that time the board had a fiduciary duty to seek legal advice. What appears to have happened, and these things do happen, is that it became too cosy. It happens over time. Effectively, and this is not a personal issue, Mr. Kiely was judge...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was he a very dominant figure at the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did he get his own way at the board?