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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: But the Department got it drastically wrong in terms of the cost.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Because there can be no disputing that, when in this country do people take responsibility for that? Nobody to my knowledge has been held to account for that. Where is the transparency? Mr. Ó Foghlú is the Accounting Officer. He may not have been in that position at the time but given the State and the Department got this so wrong and the taxpayer is paying contributions that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Does Mr. Ó Foghlú believe just appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts is sufficient?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: We are now at a point where we are dependent on voluntary contributions from the congregations because the only legal responsibilities in relation to the amount agreed to are part of the indemnity agreement. Following the Ryan report, there was obviously outrage in this regard and the religious congregations stated they would make a contribution of €353 million. That was then reduced...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: There is no legal requirement at all. If we do not get one cent more from any of the organisations based on the voluntary commitments made, there is nothing we can do about it. Is that what Mr. Ó Foghlú is telling me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Is there no legal option open to us?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: There is no legal option open to us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Is Mr. Ó Foghlú telling me that of the €225.6 million committed to, he is confident that every cent will be paid?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: My point is we had a legal commitment of €128 million under the indemnity agreement. We then had voluntary offers, amounting to €353 million, and this figure was reduced to €225.6 million. Mr. Ó Foghlú is confident, notwithstanding valuations of properties, that he will get all of that sum. The activity of two of the congregations is somewhat problematic....
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: But they are not going beyond it in terms of the €120 million they initially offered-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: If they have not committed to transferring the lands, would they then not look at giving that sum of money in cash? Are we just going to decide that their withdrawal of the offer of lands worth €120 million is the end of it, or will we go back and ask what other contribution they can make?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: What about the Sisters of Mercy?
- 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 one final point. When I mentioned the offer of €225.6 million by the congregations, a statement was made by Mr. Ó Foghlú that this value might not be realised because the land valuations might be lower. If that is the case, we need to get the cash from the congregations to make up the value of the offer. We simply should not accept properties that are worth...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: It says €127.5 million was offered and that €24.9 million was realised; there is, therefore, a shortfall of over €100 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 96 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Child Abuse Inquiry and Redress (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I will come back in later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: As I am due to speak in the Dáil at some point, I wonder whether I could let some of my colleagues go first and then come in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I thank the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I will take over if Deputy MacSharry wants.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I welcome the witnesses. What was Ms Higgins's role before she took up her position in Caranua?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Regarding the first post, who did Ms Higgins work for?