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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: It was collected by Revenue on behalf of the State. The State cannot sit on its hands in this case. Some mechanism has to be found to carry out an investigation into how that €96 million was spent. If I were in Mr. Watt's shoes, I would be saying to the Accounting Officer that they need to report to some authority, such as this committee. The job of the Department of Public...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: I am not worried about that aspect of the matter. I am more concerned with trying to understand the role of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the officials in the Department who come here every week and hear all of these stories. I am just repeating what has gone on over the past few weeks. I am trying to find out from Mr. Watt, in a reasonable way, what happens after...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: Would the Department not require the Accounting Officers to provide a comprehensive response to these matters? Would it not insist on it and then inform the Committee of Public Accounts of what needs to be done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: We are trying to work with Mr. Watt.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: The reason I ask the question is because in some of these cases there are a number of different funding bodies or agencies. We cannot sit them all down together and get the appropriate response, because in some cases they are looking for more money. What I am asking Mr. Watt to do is just that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: I have one more question relating to section 38 and section 39 organisations. Was there no mechanism within the HSE to monitor all of this as it progressed over the years? We have now arrived at a situation where in regard to section 38 organisations, a considerable number of business cases have been made to the HSE to allow the organisations in question retain the arrangement they have....

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: That explanation is fine. How long will that process take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: They are not being shared either.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: Is the Deputy reading from a particular submission?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: We have two submissions. I agree with the Deputy's proposal and it can happen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: However, in light of what has been said today about procurement and this particular issue, and given the two submissions in question, perhaps Mr. Quinn or his section in the Department would examine both submissions and revert to the committee. We will hear from the group to which the Deputy refers and the response to the issues that are raised in the two reports. That might involve another...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Quinn. We have come to the conclusion of the meeting. I thank the witnesses for attending. Is it agreed to dispose of Votes 11 and 12 and chapters 3 and 5 of the 2012 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and appropriation accounts? Agreed. We will hold over chapter 4 for further examination. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Courses Provision (8 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places that are allocated to FETAC level 5 students for nursing each year; and the criteria necessary to be allocated a college place to study nursing. [16567/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (8 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if a bed in Dún Laoghaire rehabilitation unit will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [16566/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the last meeting agreed? Agreed. Arising from the minutes, NAMA has confirmed that the latest possible time for members to meet its representatives next Tuesday is 11.30 a.m. We can either agree to that or seek another date. It is Tuesday morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: We will get back to it for an alternative date and time as we would like to have as many members as possible there. We want to accommodate Deputy Harris, who is very busy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: The next item is correspondence received since the meeting of Thursday, 3 April 2014, beginning with correspondence from Accounting Officers or Ministers. There is correspondence dated 31 March from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality with follow-up information requested by the Committee of Public Accounts on 13 March 2014. There is correspondence dated 28 March...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: We should ask for any correspondence or documentation the authority might have relating to the penalty points issue. It had sight of various reports, so if the representatives have correspondence relating to it, such as correspondence to the Garda Commissioner and correspondence to and from the Oireachtas and the Government, they might submit it prior to the meeting so we will have a full...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: It also appears that a substantial number of business plans have been submitted, over and above what we thought in the first place, and that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will examine these business plans before a decision is made. Perhaps we could get a note on the process and the current position.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Apr 2014)

John McGuinness: Any other question?