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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is my understanding he can give the additional powers required to carry out functions regarding the expenditure of public money, but we are talking about an organisation that needs a forensic audit throughout. I do not believe the Minister has the power to give Sport Ireland, nor does Sport Ireland have the power to insist on the type of forensic audit in question being carried out....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am becoming increasingly frustrated. Last Wednesday an individual who was two weeks in the job was under more pressure at this committee than somebody who had previously held the position for about 15 years in the FAI. That shows the level of dysfunction in the system. We now have a situation where two board members are gone and a further eight have indicated that they will step down,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Did he receive a severance package when he stepped down as CEO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: He did not receive a severance package.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to ask the representatives of Sport Ireland the same question I asked the Minister. It relates to the FAI accounts for 2017 which were submitted in October 2018 and signed off on by the auditors. Do they not find it strange that it took until last week for the auditors to realise there was an issue which needed to be brought to the attention of the Companies Registration Office?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is Sport Ireland feeding into the terms of reference for the Mazars report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: One of the views which I respectfully suggest be given to the FAI is that all documentation be given to Mazars, including cheque stubs.

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister has stepped out of the Chamber but he will be back for the question-and-answer section. I welcome that the PwC report was published in a timely fashion. This is important because it gave us all an opportunity to have the report and to be able to go through it forensically - especially those of us on the Committee of Public Accounts, who will be dealing with the National...

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Who will be ultimately responsible for ensuring the implementation of the recommendations? Will it be the Department of Health or will it be cross-departmental?

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: At the meeting of the health committee last week, the Minster said he had the power to increase the number of people on the board. I have looked at the legislation and the statutory instrument and that is not my reading. My reading is that it is set at a particular number and, if the Minister wishes to bring new people on board, he would have to remove others. Will the Minister confirm...

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: What is the situation with the oversight bodies and the steering group? Is there scope in the legislation to change the make-up of those oversight bodies or is it the set number for the development board?

National Children's Hospital Costs: Statements (17 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: The 2007 IMF recommendations on major Government projects state there should be quarterly progress reports given to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and they should be audited. I am looking to find out if that was followed. Were there quarterly progress reports given to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and were they audited and looked at carefully?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of quarterly progress reports submitted to the Department of Health for the national children's hospital that have been audited by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18076/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: Turning to the quarterly progress reports that are going to be forwarded to the Minister's Department for any projects costing more than €20 million, how will those reports be handled when they come into the Department? What will the process be? Will they be reviewed every quarter? If I recall correctly, the Minister stated last night that the reports will be put on a tracker on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital Expenditure (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree that the Department would be crippled if progress reports came in for every single project costing more than €20 million. To have some confidence, however, in the progress reports coming in and being put on the tracker, we have to ensure there is sufficient expertise within line Departments to ensure all relevant information is forwarded. If there is an issue, a red flag...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role his Department will assume in managing the costs and residual risks of the national children's hospital project. [18054/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Children's Hospital (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have discussed this matter with the Minister on numerous occasions. He said that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will oversee two of the recommendations and that the other recommendations will be overseen by the Department of Health. He also said he wants four weeks to consider how he will implement the recommendations in question. All we can do is await the outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of community employment supervisors and provision of payments under a Labour Court recommendation of 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships Data (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of post-project reviews and cost-benefit analyses of public private partnerships that have been completed and published to date. [18056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (18 Apr 2019)

Jonathan O'Brien: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if ex-post reviews are completed and published for all capital projects; and if a summary of lessons from those reviews have been published in the past 18 months. [18057/19]