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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Is it agreed that we will meet on Thursday, 12 February 2015?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: What case was that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes, and if they were, we could also deal with the other matters we have been raising at the same time. We will write to them. Is our agenda for the meeting of 12 February 2015 where the committee will examine the financial statements for Enterprise Ireland and the IDA agreed? Agreed. We will now ask the witnesses to attend.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Today we will examine two chapters from the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report, chapter 6, the land aggregation scheme, and chapter 7, matters arising from audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to water services. The committee has scheduled another meeting with the Department in June to discuss the wider Vote issues. Before I begin the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: We also have Mr. Heffernan from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I call Mr. John McCarthy to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy. May we publish his statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: On the point made by Deputy Perry, although that may be the case with all utilities as the Comptroller and Auditor General has said, there is an opinion, which I share, that Irish Water should come under the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General. I think it is a flaw in the legislation that it was allowed to pass without being put under the control of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Can I ask Deputy Fleming to clarify something?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: You are asking about the PPP contracts to design, build and operate.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Is Ms Graham saying that these have been transferred already?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: To what value?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: What was that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: What was that figure?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: I just want to clarify this. Deputy Fleming is asking Ms Graham for the figure for what has been transferred. Is Ms Graham saying she does not have that figure today, or is she saying that figure has to be assessed?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: Would those include the figures? Where are the figures? That is what we want to know.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: That is not the figure Deputy Fleming is looking for.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: The figure that we are talking about here - that Ms Graham does not have because it was a transfer directly from the local authorities to Irish Water - can be obtained by a phone call to Irish Water.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: It is as simple as that. The figure will give us the breakdown in every single local authority area.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 6 - Land Aggregation Scheme
Chapter 7 - Matters Arising from Audit of Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government in Relation to Water Services (5 Feb 2015)

John McGuinness: They must be. Therefore, that figure could be given to us early next week.