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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: At what level?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Tell me exactly what happens with that type of payment. Does an invoice arrive?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Essentially, although the money goes to Mr. Colgan's section, your Department gives him the money to pay it out.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: What payments were issued directly to Mr. Colgan's agency?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: What paperwork would have been received in the clearance from Northern Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Is it a junior official that signs off?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: That official signs off-----

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: -----and then the payment is made.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: There are no cross-checks with anybody else within the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: On how much money, at that time, was a junior official allowed to sign off? Was there a limit?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: There was no limit.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: There was a signing authority to the official concerned, but there was no limit on that signing authority.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: If it had been €1 million, that junior official would still have been able to sign off on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy O'Donovan.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Mr. Colgan said that somebody has informed him that these racks were purchased for far less than the sum for which they were sold, at €1.3 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: For Deputy O'Donovan's benefit, will you tell him again what you told me in this regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Will you repeat that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Is Mr. Colgan referring to the auditor's report?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Deputy Patrick O'Donovan made a point about the amounts of money involved and the amount of money lost. We have had hearings on cases in which far greater sums were lost. The issue that arises relates to governance, proper procedures, etc. Mr. Colgan stated that there was a cascade of governance and assurance-type arrangements and procedures and manuals in place and outlined his view to the...