Results 10,361-10,380 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Yes. I am trying to understand how the witnesses and, incidentally, the Secretary General of the Department, which worries me even more, believe they can stonewall this committee, refuse to answer questions or put forward the defence that they cannot answer questions on issues because of an examination being carried out. Was it the Department or the HEA that commissioned it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: It is just a departmental examination or investigation. The matter has not been heard by a judge so Mr. Ó Foghlú cannot claim that it is sub judice. I am aghast that this has descended to this point and I am seeking guidance on this matter. If this were to be the modus operandifor how this committee works in the future, it would never get anything done. I want to clarify a number...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: What is it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: No, Mr. Ashe is more than a witness. Does he know the nature of his role here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Ashe is an accountable person, not an accountable officer, which means he accounts to the Committee of Public Accounts, which he is not doing today. He is offering as a defence a refusal to answer questions because Dr. Thorn, who was simply appointed by the Department to carry out an examination, gave him advice. That is not acceptable. I need guidance from the Chair as to how we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: I am talking to Mr. Ashe.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Did Dr. Thorn advise Mr. Ruttle not to appear?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: I have been informed that Dr. Thorn advised Mr. Ashe not to appear before the Committee of Public Accounts. I will ask him again. He is here as a witness so I want him to be clear in order that he does not mislead the committee. It is not a good position for someone to be in if he or she misleads the Committee of Public Accounts. Did Dr. Thorn advise Mr. Ashe not to appear before the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Did he advise Mr. Ashe not to appear before the Committee of Public Accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: I want to understand when Dr. Thorn assumed the role of advising witnesses about what they should or should not say to the Committee of Public Accounts. Since when did Dr. Thorn - in the course of his work - seek to subvert the work of the Committee of Public Accounts? I want to put this to Mr. Ó Foghlú. I can tell him now that whatever report comes from Dr. Thorn will be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: That is Mr. Ó Foghlú's view. I will give him my view. I asked when Dr. Thorn was appointed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: I apologise. I do not have the witness' name.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Will Mr. Loftus talk me through the process of how Dr. Thorn was appointed? He said the Department evaluated a number of people. How many?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Did this go out to tender?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Dr. Thorn had just finished a separate report. Was it for the HEA or the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Is Dr. Thorn on a retainer with the HEA and the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Nobody on this committee would in any way seek to tell Dr. Thorn what he should do, how he should carry out his examination or how he should report back to the Department. That is entirely a matter for the Department and whatever process it has with Dr. Thorn. How is it acceptable that Dr. Thorn would believe that he can in any way dictate to this committee how it does its job or advise...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Ó Foghlú is missing the point entirely. With respect, he is avoiding the point I am putting to him. We are not going to dictate to Dr. Thorn how he carries out his review. Mr. Ó Foghlú, as Accounting Officer for the Department, needs to understand that we have a statutory responsibility to probe systems, processes and procedural failures. That is our role. That is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
David Cullinane: Is Mr. Ruttle telling me that he did not get advice from Dr. Thorn about what he can or cannot say at this committee?