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- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. O'Callaghan have it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: They were on time? What time was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Somebody should have it really, it is financial.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Just one second. Would the Comptroller and Auditor General have any knowledge of this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The delay was not on the side of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: So I am being a bit unfair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. That is clarified. When he is given the note, the Chair might clarify when the previous financial statements were presented to the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: On page 5 of the accounts, at the bottom, it is stated that the board commenced a self-evaluation of board effectiveness, an evaluation review, in December 2017, which was to be completed in 2018. Was it completed, is it available and what was the cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The board evaluated itself.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Is self-evaluation part of it? Did the board evaluate itself or was there an outside influence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Was there any cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: When was it published? When was it completed in 2018?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Can Ms Downes just answer? I am sorry but the Chair will be stopping me and I just want to ask a number of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: It is stated here on page 5 that it was to be completed in 2018. When was it completed in 2018, is it available, what showed up on it and what did the board learn from it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: This is an important thing, effectiveness and evaluation. Organisations do it and learn from it and highlight what is good and what is bad. Caranua can share that with us. Over the years we have seen different problems in terms of the administration of the fund by Caranua. In fact, the Comptroller and Auditor General in his opening statement refers to the weaknesses in internal control...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: All right, that is not a good enough-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Caranua may well be. Every organisation that comes in here tells us it is compliant. I am asking when it was completed, if it was discussed, and what was learned. I am not getting an answer so I am going to just leave that for the moment and go on to page 7 of the accounts. At the bottom of the page there is a reference to consultancy costs, which came up in the committee's general...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: The next heading is human resources. In 2016 it was €80,000 and then it went down to €16,000. What was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)
Catherine Connolly: Does Ms Downes see that figure of €80,000? Does that refer to extra staff in 2016 or to what does it refer?