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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: The line stating that "the requirement to ensure accountability in respect of the use of public funds must be balanced with the autonomy of HEIs" is a very polite way of telling us that we do not really have the right to ask some of the questions we want to ask.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: It is similar, but one cannot even put it on the same scale because the vast majority of RTÉ's funding does come from the State. We had a discussion with some of them on these foundations, and whatever about those being foundations, here we are talking about the actual universities and institutes themselves. It is interesting that the paragraph from which I quoted comes at a time when,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: I support writing to the two organisations. I read through it and it appears that one of the concerns being brought to our attention is that money is being spent by the CEO of IFI without the approval of the board. Obviously, that is just an allegation, so that is probably the specific question we should ask. That appears to be the substance of what is there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: Okay.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: This motion is designed to say to the Government that we need to do an awful lot more in terms of providing affordable housing. Nobody in the Chamber would disagree with that but the problem is that we do not have anything like the action we need. It galls me to listen to Fianna Fáil Deputies sometimes. Deputy Casey spoke about Fine Gael as the party for the rich and for developers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (30 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (30 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first-time buyers scheme is in addition to the existing council home loan or replacing it; if so, the new deposit required; if divorced or separated persons will be considered under the scheme if the family home has been sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4220/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: Yes, I met a number of CIÉ workers just after Christmas. Members have received a dossier that came from them also. Some of these questions have been put to a Minister in the Dáil but the unions involved are not content with the answers received. There are issues regarding the underfunding of the pension scheme. There is also an allegation that a ministerial order was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: Maybe I will forward questions. The questions were put that were in the dossier from the trade union.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: As a member of the committee I will forward my own questions to the secretariat to be sent to the line Minister. Is that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: We will see what comes back from that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: What does that mean with regard to governance and accountability?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: I understand that but because it is a statutory pension fund does this mean the Committee of Public Accounts would have more of an entitlement to ask questions than if it was not a statutory fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: I assume all members were given this dossier. I was presented with it and I am only seeking guidance as to what to do with it. We will write to the two Ministers, then we will see what comes back.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: Okay. Will this committee come back to the issue once we get a response?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: I welcome the fact that we will have a full day on PPPs and that the Accounting Officer for the Department of Education and Skills will be in attendance. As the Chairman knows, Carillion has collapsed and the construction of a number of schools is on hold as a result. In advance of that sitting and that hearing, can I ask Mr. McCarthy whether the Comptroller and Auditor General's office has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: Perhaps that report could be circulated again. That would be useful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: I welcome Ms Murphy-Fagan and her team. I wish her the best of luck in her new role as CEO of this new organisation. Although the new organisation has been up and running for just four weeks, the office has been in place for some time, albeit under a different Department. When exactly was it established?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (1 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: Before that, when the office was under the-----