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- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The approval Mr. Bray is now seeking, having paid the €10,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I understand that, so it is the Minister and the Department that would make the decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How can Mr. Bray expect them to make that decision when they introduced legislation at the time in question saying what occurred should not happen? What makes the OSi different from anybody else?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: It does not give Mr. Bray the right to ignore legislation. That is the point I am making; it is a simple point. The OSi blatantly ignored the legislation and is asking that the legislation be parked or ignored for three individuals – this is not personal but an administrative matter relative to legislation – considering that the whole country was doing as much as it could to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Surely that CEO had a standard rate of pay. Was the pay €147,659 with the use of a company car? The bonuses paid over the various years – the years are 2010, 2009 and 2008 although the figure for 2011 was nil – were around €37,000 each year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What did the chief executive do to warrant a bonus of €40,000 or, to take the figure from 2010, €37,000? The board would have had to approve that. What work was exceptional in that case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How long is Mr. Bray in position?
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Generally speaking, the questions we are asking relate to before Mr. Bray's time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes, we can of course. I am sure that if the Deputy refers to the accounts in terms of any question he might have, the witnesses might be able to answer him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask members, witnesses and those in the Gallery to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with sound quality and transmission. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified...
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask Mr. McCarthy to introduce the accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Bray to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: May we publish Mr. Bray's statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What will that be in 2013? What is the projected figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Given that it increased by 23% between 2011 and 2012, is it Mr. Shanahan's expectation that there will be a similar increase in 2013?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Does the net deficit of €1.2 billion increase in 2013? Is that on the cards?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: On the internal audit function, is the audit itself outsourced?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How much does that cost each year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Has that figure been more or less the same for the last few years? Has it gone up or down?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Shanahan to provide the committee with a copy of that report. I also ask him to give a copy to the IDA, given that it is now responsible and we will be anxious to bring the matter up with the authority when it appears before us. I thank the witnesses for coming along this morning.