Results 8,161-8,180 of 26,433 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I have no agenda. The job of members is to evaluate materials we are given in preparation for meetings of the committee. We examine annual accounts - we will examine the opening statements made by the Comptroller and Auditor General and Mr. Meaney - and then do research on the organisations involved and the issues raised at our meetings. That is the basis upon which questions are asked. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Meaney is the chairman of the organisation. Somebody has to comment on the performance of the organisation. If Mr. Meaney is not prepared to do so, I will address Dr. Brady. It is not good enough for someone to state before the Committee of Public Accounts that he cannot give an opinion on what happened before his time. Mr. Meaney can give an opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Meaney's opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I was not there either and I have an opinion. I am asking for Mr. Meaney's opinion, as the current chair of the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I remind the witnesses that many of them spent a long time commenting on the actions of the previous board when giving answers. They cannot have it both ways. I am asking Mr. Meaney for his opinion, after which I want to hear Dr. Brady's opinion, on the current and previous boards. In Mr. Meaney's view, were there instances of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect to Mr. Meaney, that is not the question I asked. We know there were problems. As he well knows, problems do not self-generate but are created by people and organisations. Were the problems Mr. Meaney stated he inherited a product of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment or incompetence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I ask Dr. Brady to answer the question and give his opinion. These issues are not funny; they are serious. I am looking for respect from the witnesses. I want them to respect the committee and the work we are doing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What is Dr. Brady's function in Bord na gCon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I know Dr. Brady is the CEO. What is his function as CEO?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: It is to manage and lead the staff in the organisation. When I ask Dr. Brady for his opinion on mismanagement, he states he cannot answer the question. He can answer the question because if he is the manager, he can tell me whether, in his opinion, there were issues of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment and incompetence. If he is not in a position to answer that question,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: In Dr. Brady's role as CEO has he seen examples of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment or incompetence, either by the current or previous board or the organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am talking about the full organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: My next question is for Mr. Gleeson. The Department has a responsibility in respect of protecting taxpayers' money and ensuring that there is no mismanagement, poor decision-making, bad judgement or incompetence in organisations funded by the taxpayer and for which it is responsible. I will evaluate whether that is the case in a few minutes but I am trying to get into the heads of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I will get to some of the issues. I will start with the site near Meelick that was dealt with earlier. Did Mr. Murnane answer the questions on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: How much was it bought for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What was it bought for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What is its current status?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What is it worth?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: How much of a loss is that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Almost €1.5 million. Is that good judgment?