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Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It always will be.

Public Accounts Committee: Enet (14 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It changes every day.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (19 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to the regional film development uplift corporation tax credit introduced in the Finance Act 2018; his further plans to extend the area specific annex to the EU Commission decision C(2014) 3153; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I lend my voice to those speaking in support of the Minister today and to vehemently oppose this motion of no confidence in him. Everyone here is aware of the work of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, on the matter of abortion rights, including his efforts during the campaign and his role in guiding the legislation through our party and through the Houses of the Oireachtas. He has...

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Genuine concerns are being raised about the effect of paragraph (2). I support Deputy O'Reilly in the matter. It would be very helpful if we received a note in order that we will not end up in a situation where we will not be able to call the head of the HSE before us to give us information. Everyone on the committee seems to have the same concerns.

Select Committee on Health: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: The issue is the board is auditing itself.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: We break at 2 p.m. and there are two external people who want to speak.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Following on from that question, a break clause was mentioned, which is normal in a lease. What is the penalty? Has Dr. Keyes looked at the break clause in this lease and, if so, what is the penalty in a 20-year lease which is costing the taxpayer €7 million, plus VAT? Following on from Deputy Jonathan O'Brien's questions, we are not even sure about the legal standing of the lease...

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: What did Mr. Ó Foghlú say?

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is the same idea. If one takes a lease for 20 years, it is worth €7 million, give or take, plus VAT. If one was to stop the lease prematurely, there would be a price of doing so. What would it be? It is not a difficult question, or is it? I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General that question.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: At what point does this kick in? At what period into the clause does it begin? It seems like a very good deal.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Perhaps Dr. Keyes can answer. At what point does a lease that was worth €7 million provide a payout of €3.2 million for a building that is no longer being occupied? When does that clause kick in? This is a very simple question. If the lease of 20 years is stopped after five years, is the €3.2 million paid then? Is it after six or seven years? Is it six months or 15...

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: It is very important.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: If somebody leasing a building to the State is going to benefit to the tune of €3.2 million if the lease is prematurely terminated, that is a very important matter. That is a lot of money.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Dr. Keyes is in charge of that area. Who owns the building? Am I allowed to ask that?

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Who is the lease with?

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Looking at the fit-out it would seem that the people who did the NTMA building may have got the deal on the interiors. Sorry, that was a Committee on Public Accounts joke.

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Perhaps the committee could be furnished with the directorship of this company. It would be very useful if we received it in a timely fashion so that we could have a look at it. From the knowledge of the witnesses to date, is there any suggestion that there may be a conflict of interest with the ownership of that building and anyone else involved?

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Does anybody in the room have any knowledge of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)

Kate O'Connell: That is fine. Dr. Keyes has no knowledge of it. Does anybody in the room have knowledge of any conflict of interest between the company that holds the lease for the €7 million and anybody else involved with this? No. Following on from Deputy Jonathan O'Brien's questions on the legal standing of the lease if the procedure was breached, if a contract was signed for this amount of...