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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is that spelled A-C-C-E-N-T-U-R-E?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is that one and the same company about which questions have been raised in respect of IT and the Garda Síochána?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That was the responsibility of the Garda Síochána in respect of procurement, but did it happen to be the company that benefited and got the roll-on contracts without procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is the same company. Okay. I just wanted to clarify that. Then we have a member of the investment committee connected with Grant Thornton. Who chooses the external members?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Who chooses them initially?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I got distracted because I am due to speak in the Dáil. I apologise. Will the Chair allow me to defer the rest of my time until after I come back?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We will have to leave the questions to the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I was in the middle of-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I refer back to the State Claims Agency. I raised the issue of rents this morning and I asked for a note on it. I am not blaming the witnesses as it is Government policy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will come back to that. I want to stick to the rent first, then the investment committee and then the SCA. Is it Government policy that the NTMA must rent its headquarters?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am failing to grasp this. I do not blame the witnesses. However, every week I sit here looking at rents for, say, Caranua at the Department of Education and Skills. Foras na Gaeilge did a business case which pointed out it was cheaper to buy a building and have a mortgage. There is something seriously wrong with the Government's policy in this regard. It is actively colluding in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, up to five external people can be appointed. Only three external people have been appointed. Who appoints them? I was interrupted.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: They are appointed by the board of the NTMA.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Those appointments are subject to approval by the Minister.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What criteria are used for appointments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I do not see a range of experience. I immediately think of the map of regional economic impact on page 24 of the annual report. Mr. O'Kelly had a reason for that. If we look at Connacht, 4% of the jobs created by ISIF were there, 6% of ISIF capital was deployed there and 4% of gross value added was in the region. It stands out as being very low in comparison with the other regions....

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I will take my comment back if I was personalising anything. I will stick with Údarás na Gaeltachta. It has a serious remit, among others, in respect of the Irish language and economic development of the Gaeltacht areas. It is nowhere to be seen.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The NTMA has the capability, the capacity and the money.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: In the meantime, the Gaeltachts are seriously under pressure. There is serious unemployment and serious black spots which are creating major problems and has serious implications for Galway because people are moving to the city. This is because of an unbalanced approach to investment. Mr. O'Kelly is saying he is wide open to change on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Chapter 23: Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency (Resumed)
National Treasury Management Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Okay, that is lovely. On the State Claims Agency, the SCA - and I want to stay general on this matter - I thank the witnesses for the information. With regard to the cervical smear testing, the lessons the SCA learned, when it became aware of the issue and how it will avoid similar issues in the future, how did it happen that the matter did not go on the risk register sooner?