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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Mr. Griffin did not let me finish. His judgment is subjective because there are no metrics to measure whether something is contaminated. All we know is that the former Minister went to what appear to be unusual lengths, including dinners, formal or informal, to keep a bidder in the process, but the same effort was not demonstrated in regard to other bidders. Is that a fair comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: In reply to parliamentary questions, the Minister gave an excellent breakdown of the detail of the €22 million that has been spent so far. I wish those who appear before the committee provided the same level of detail in regard to figures. Approximately €9 million went to KPMG. Why was it paid €9 million? It is an accountancy firm.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I ask Mr. Griffin to provide the Ladybird version and to forward the technical detail to the committee in writing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: It provided a governance report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Does the report refer to having dinner with a bidder?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Would it be possible for the committee to see that report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Could we see that report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: After the money is spent.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: The committee may not have it before then.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I would be interested in reading that report. I ask Mr. Griffin to continue. I apologise for interrupting him. Is that everything? Those are the headline issues.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I ask Mr. Griffin to give us a breakdown of what KPMG did for the €9 million, which is probably quite technical.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I thank Mr. Griffin.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Is this the person with whom I am in contact?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I think we got a bit confused. As I understood it, after our last meeting when Deputy O'Connell was here, we would ask the HSE. The Brothers of Charity Services in Ireland would not have to come, but we would ask their representatives and go through this. The issue was that they seemed to be applying rules and people were being charged, some of whom were reimbursed, others of whom were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: On the State Claims Agency, we touched on thalidomide the last time the HSE was in. I would like to pursue the outstanding issue of the eight or nine people with it again because we posed a number of questions the last time that were not adequately answered. Of the remaining eight or nine thalidomide sufferers who are not being accepted as being part of the scheme, one is a judge and one...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Of course the State cannot be a soft touch or anything like that. We are talking about eight or nine people and it is being defended in the High Court and we have Hayes Solicitors on record, which is a private firm that is incurring a cost to the State and all so on. The State's default position will be to defend every case and I would love to know why it is throwing money at this when...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: If somebody runs into my car, I will not waste €10,000 suing them unless they have money so what is the cost-benefit analysis in pursuing eight people?

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I was watching proceedings on the monitor in my office. I may have missed some stuff so if the Chairman tells me any of my questions have been dealt with I will move on and consult the record. Is any of the transport outsourced or does Bus Éireann do it all?

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That is high. Does the fact it is outsourced incur any additional cost to the State?

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Is it because we do not have the fleet?