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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: My comment was not directed at Ms O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Healy had me until the last quote. I welcome both groups and the opportunity to discuss the future of the European Union. There will be an overlap with the questions put to the previous group as it is on the same topic. We discussed the same issues with the group which attended earlier. It appears that there is consensus among the farming groups, which I welcome, that they would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I am afraid Mr. Comer may have misunderstood my point about CAP, as the question I asked was not answered and his response may have misrepresented what I said. At no point did I call into question the validity of CAP and its value. Quite the opposite. The ICMSA and Macra na Feirme have both said they want the budget increased. I am not against that but am asking if the witnesses also...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I do not disagree with the proposal that witnesses come back before the committee but I will add just one caveat to it. I was away last week so I missed last week's exchanges, but it was more of the same: witnesses came in and gave their views, members asked questions and the witnesses were away on their toes. Now we are looking for them to come back again, not, I hope, in order that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: As a caveat to that, while I do not disagree with the Deputy's comments, we cannot act on intuition and how we feel. Our job is to evaluate, probe, ask questions, ensure fair procedure and so on. My point was that I want to have something that does all of that. We do it and then we have the conclusion, which is the views of members as a committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I agree with all of that. We should not concentrate on people's personal or singular issues but this individual has used his experience to highlight what he says are systemic problems that could have an impact on others. I am not sure whether that is an issue for the committee or the sectoral committee. What is it proposed that the committee do? The Chairman has said the person could...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, that is perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: That is perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Shanahan and his team and congratulate them on their clear audit accounts and on the fantastic job done by the IDA in bringing jobs to Ireland. I commend them on the work done by the team over recent years. I have a very quick question on ConnectIreland. Starting with the witnesses' own organisation, what is the cost of an IDA-created job? When jobs are created, does the IDA...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I am looking for the amount, not the methodology.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is there a comparable price for a job created by ConnectIreland?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is there a different methodology? Is Mr. Shanahan certain that ConnectIreland has not published figures or produced a cost calculation?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Who is making that comparison?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: But who is making it?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: ConnectIreland itself. These are its figures, then.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Does it get paid only when it creates a job?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I just wanted to be clear on that first. Let us talk about the actual figures. Mr. Shanahan said in his statement that 19,000 jobs were created by IDA companies in 2016. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: How is that calculated, and how is that then proven actually to be the case? How is it proven that 19,000 jobs actually have been created?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: How do they verify that? That is what I am asking.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Is that solely based on information coming from the company and not on anything else? If the company claims to have created 50 jobs, does the Department just take that as 50 jobs? Is there no other verification?