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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was there a second shipment?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Were the total moneys paid over to Complete Eco Solutions for that shipment €70,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Somewhere in that region.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that the only money that was paid to Complete Eco Solutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was there a controversy among Mr. Poole's financial controllers over the paying out of that money to Complete Eco Solutions?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did he refuse to sign the cheque?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: On what basis was he refusing to sign the cheque?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: If Mr. Poole does not mind, I will surmise why that gentleman refused to sign the cheque. Instead of importing materials directly, Rehab chose to use a third party. It looks like a company, namely, Complete Eco Solutions, was formed for that express purpose. Those who had ownership of and an interest in that company were closely related to the then CEO and another was a director of some of...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I may come back to that but I shall move on because I am conscious of the time constraints. Mr. Poole confirmed in his opening statement that no remuneration was ever paid to a director of the Rehab Group board in respect of his or her duties. I ask him to clarify what he meant when he went on to say that in recent years, certain directors or their firms were paid by Rehab for the provision...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: He was a director at the time of the awarding of that contract.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. Who else?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am familiar with that title.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Anyone else?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Just those two gentlemen. Does Mr. Poole have the figures for the value-----

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fine. We have the detail of Mr. Flannery's payments. While Mr. Poole is seeking out those figures, I wish to draw the attention of the other witnesses to Rehab's memorandum and articles of association and specifically, to clause 4. I do not know if the witnesses have this document with them but I will read out the relevant section because it makes for interesting reading. Clause 4 states...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In terms of KMCS?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: It would be in excess of the threshold?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Just so we are clear, I am not questioning the genuine need for the service or the delivery of that service. I am not casting any aspersions in that regard. What I am pointing to here is that the individuals concerned were directors of the group and I am asking, to cut to the chase, did Rehab break its own rules?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Without getting into a clause by clause debate on the issue, I would not share that analysis. I would put it to Mr. Doyle that Rehab was in breach of its own rules in awarding work to members of the group board. More astonishingly then, when it comes to Mr. Flannery - and I hope he does not get overly exercised at the mention of his name - we discover that Rehab consistently made payments...