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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I will move on to issues concerning staffing and recruitment.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I wish to put a number of questions to the witnesses on the issue of staff recruitment. Clearly, a moratorium was introduced on staff recruitment in 2009 by the previous Government. I believe there was a reduction of six staff between that period and 2011 and that at the end of 2011, the headcount was 15. That number now has fallen to just two, a very small number indeed. However, it...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Sorry, it is on page 21, where it states, "I bring to your attention that a second contract was entered into with an existing staff member in October 2009 after the announcement of the Government moratorium". This was done by the former CEO. Was that Mr. Maloney?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: This was done by the former CEO without the knowledge of the board and contrary to clear instructions from the board to the executive that under no circumstances was the moratorium to be breached. That matter only came to the attention of the board for the first time at its March 2012 board meeting. In regard to this staff member, the Department has confirmed that the person now has a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It was October 2009 that the existing staff member was provided with the contract of indefinite duration.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: So it was Mr. Kelly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: What of the staff member who was provided with that contract of indefinite duration?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Was that person redeployed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: At what level was that person working in the authority?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Who was the person?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I do not expect that there is a difficulty in doing so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It is, as I understand it. What was the salary?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of final points. Vice Chairman, am I in order to discuss some areas around the previous use of credit cards?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It is in reference to something mentioned earlier that is, Mr. Maloney's use of the company credit cards. Mr. Maloney is on record as stating that he would be happy to assist the committee in regard to expenditure on those credit cards. I am open to correction, if my memory does not serve me well on this. I seem to recall Mr. Maloney said that if the committee had information in regard to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I would imagine if Mr. Maloney is interested in addressing the concerns expressed here around the use of a company credit card that his first port of call would be to his previous employer, not to the committee. He has not been in touch.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Can Ms Quinlivan state categorically he has not been in touch since he appeared before this committee on 12 December last?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (6 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Yes.

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I thank the Minister for his statement, which has helped to clarify some matters. However, some questions remain to be answered. I am sure we all agree that even the faintest possibility of an attempt having been made to spy on the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission is an extraordinary matter. It is not, therefore, surprising that this matter has generated so much public...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (11 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider providing opportunities for the coach travel sector to reclaim VAT on fuel on the purchase of second-hand coaches and parts and tyres essential to the operation of the sector's business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: 579. To ask the Minister for Health the monetary value of a contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for a particular piece of work; the daily rate paid for this work; the amount spent to date; the overall value of the contract; when it is expected to be completed; if a full public tendering process was utilised for the selection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter....