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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I ask that we be updated before then. Perhaps we should invite the president of Waterford Institute of Technology to return here. That might be a way to deal with the matter. The other-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We can wait for that first.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I fully support him-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: -----in terms of his concerns. A huge amount of work went into this and he was very fair about the spin-off companies. I have serious concerns about the unaccountability of spin-off companies. That is a whole new area for this committee that has only been touched on - a ripple on the water. Where is the report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I did not agree with that, and I still do not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The committee bringing in the approved housing bodies.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We are coming back to discuss it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Therefore, if we start at 10.30 a.m, we could finish at 1.30 p.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We are undermining ourselves in trying to do all of this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is the Housing Agency also the body that deals with sustainable-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It calls itself-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Comptroller and Auditor General audits the accounts of the Housing Agency, but he does not audit the accounts of the Housing Finance Agency.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Will the Chairman clarify why that is the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The majority of its funds are commercial.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I think an explanation was provided somewhere along the line.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: The Housing Agency looked after the land aggregation scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: We want to receive an update on that scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. Thank you, Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Is it possible that other rule changes might lead to more windfalls?