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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Is it because there are so many other boards in the State that run other greyhound stadia that compete with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I know that but how can it be commercially sensitive-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: -----if there is only one board and in effect there is a monopoly on greyhound racing in Ireland in terms of the provision and running of stadia? We divvy up €16 million a year. When they get into a hole for €20 million, we buy something from the board for €20 million that is worth €12 million. This issue has been before the committee previously. When I asked...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: What date is on the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: That is two years old. The Department received it on 24 May and it went through a couple of principal officers for a couple of weeks.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Has it highlighted many problems?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: How will the Department deal with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: In the interests of the taxpayers' €16 million and the purchase and sale of the Harold's Cross site, would Mr. Gleeson not like to facilitate the committee in doing the same?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: So give us the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: I do not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: This report might have said some of those things, might it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Would Mr. Gleeson be concerned that the board failed to contact him the day after it received the report in 2017 to say "Secretary General, we are in an awful state" and to invite him to a meeting to see what could be done?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: The board paid for the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: It did not come up with the right answers for the board. Is that it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Were terms of reference given to the company to do the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Okay. Would it be the case that the board did not like the look of the report and decided to bury it on the basis that it made it look bad?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: How much did it cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: All right. Perhaps the Chairman will allow me to ask a few follow-up questions. I know I am coming towards the end of my time. We have known for some time that Bord na gCon has been seeking to implement new marketing and commercial plans and to improve its financial outlook. Has the status of the organisation improved?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Marc MacSharry: Has the financial outlook of the organisation improved?