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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: The agenda for Thursday, 29 May 2014 will deal with the forthcoming special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Thank you, Deputy O'Donnell.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 7 is the 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts. Chapter 4 deals with Vote Accounting and Chapter 12 relates to contract management and education PPP projects; Vote 26 - Education and Skills National Training Fund account 2012. I remind witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to, please, turn off their mobile phones because they...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: I thank the Secretary General. May we publish the statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Collins.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Is there a special section in the Department that oversees the VEC sector, or did in the past?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Would that have been there over all of the years of the existence of VECs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: How does it function in terms of the accounts and governance of the VECs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Looking back over the years starting with this year, would the Secretary General say that the internal audits in the Department have been effective?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: I refer to the Department's oversight of those VECs. The Department has an oversight of each VEC. I suppose I am asking how detailed is that oversight. What does it go into? Does it look at the accounts? Does it look at the governing body, committee or whatever it might be described as?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: To the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: In terms of the Cork VEC, because we have a number of pieces of correspondence, did the Secretary General ever examine the membership of the Cork VEC?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Over the years, once it was in line with what was set out, could the members of the VEC have been there for years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Would it be uncommon for, and would there be anything unusual about, someone serving on a board for 21 years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Is it the case, for instance, that board members of Cork VEC be members of Cork Institute of Technology?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: I refer to the general membership, not only local authority members.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Has the Secretary General ever examined specifically the Cork VEC and the Cork Institute of Technology, CIT?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: Would it worry the Secretary General in this case that a considerable number were members of both organisations? That would not be good governance, would it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: From accounts that the Department would receive, perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General could clarify this, who can tell or comment on, for example, the number of board meetings in Cork VEC or CIT that were attended by the members, how much expenses did each one get, whether there is an overlap in terms of being a member of one and being a member of another, and the expenses attached to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

John McGuinness: How much was claimed in expenses in either one of these organisations? Can Mr. Ó Foghlú demand that information from the organisation?