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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update freedom of information guidelines in view of a case (details supplied) in the European Court of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19029/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform the management of conflicts of interests with the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19031/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I have raised some of the issues raised last week and in the past few weeks. A narrative has been spun by some since and questions have been asked about the commercialising of intellectual property. It has been suggested that, as a committee, we do not really understand how all of this works. There was a misunderstanding of the questions being put. I can only speak for myself but I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: No, this is separate. This was on my own behalf and not on behalf of the PAC. Given that the HEA is carrying out an external review and given the limitations on the Comptroller and Auditor General in terms of what he can and cannot do, it might be an opportunity for the HEA to use the Waterford example to go under the bonnet, as it were, and look at the type of issues we are looking at? I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: It was in the local newspapers.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: On the issue of Console, every single finding in the internal audit report that we examined carried a red flag and it was noted that there were systemic problems. There were issues the Chairman cited in terms of how long it had taken to arrive at the point where an internal audit was conducted. There was an example this week where the Cabinet signed off on an ex gratiapayment to a group of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: We have to accept that, but that is not to say the HSE cannot make some payment.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I want to make an observation first. Before I do, can Mr. Ó Foghlú elaborate on who exactly is with him here on behalf of his team? We have their names, but what are their roles within the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I had that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Okay. I take it all of the witnesses have read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, or have they? Can I ask that question first?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Everybody has read it, okay. I have read the report, probably three or four times at this point. It is a troubling report for all sorts of reasons. It is difficult for us, even to put questions in relation to costs, because nobody is disputing, as Mr. Ó Foghlú stated earlier, that every cent that was given to survivors was entirely appropriate. The issue is who pays, and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: With respect, that does not answer my question. What I am going to do is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: -----follow the logic of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: This is not me saying this. I want to be clear on the facts. On page 11, in the summary, under Contributions from Religious Congregations, the last paragraph states:Government policy is that the congregations who ran the institutions would share equal liability of the €1.52 billion cost of redress i.e. contribute €760 million. The point of that, I would imagine, is that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: The policy was not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Ó Foghlú should be very clear. Will he say that again, in terms of the original policy?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: At what point was it Government policy that there should be equal liability? When did that become Government policy, and how?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: I am not asking about engagements. This is a straightforward question. The language used in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report is straightforward where it states, "Government policy is that the congregations who ran the institutions would share equal liability ...", and it determines 50% of the overall cost of redress, which results in a figure of €760 million. My question...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)

David Cullinane: Post-Ryan?