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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: -----and what it was for during that period, so we know what we are speaking about here and what other moneys were expended on the governance of the college. On the governance issue also, Mr. Quigley said in his report that while he had not examined the question in detail, he recommended that there should be a review of the size and composition of governing bodies for the institutes of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: So that will be addressed. Proceeding to the staff, there are 160 staff involved in the various companies. There is a considerable amount of money to be examined in terms of not just the cost of bringing these companies under the direct guide of the institute but also in terms of their assets. Have you asked the Department, or directly where you get your funding, about how the €3.2...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What happens when the new structure comes into play?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: You have not set out yet the money you might require from the Department to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Will you be expecting that from the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: That is €10 million and the college has loans of €3.2 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: A total of €13 million will be required to sort this out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: For how long have they been the auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How much would they have cost the institute for the standard audit each year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Approximately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Some €30,000 per annum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: In order to do these two different reports, Deloitte's were selected again. Who selected Deloitte's?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The governing body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: What about the personnel who came in and did the reports and audit? Were they the same personnel?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: There were some common personnel running through both reports and the audit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: How is it that in two of the reports they were able to uncover so much, yet in the context of the audit they did not bring anything to your attention?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Deloitte were engaged as auditors and, as such, they would have examined the full range of activities within the institute from a financial point of view, is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Would they have looked at governance, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: Therefore they would probably have looked at the governing body, the internal audit committee and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
John McGuinness: The point I am making is that at no stage was any of this irregularity of spend or governance picked up by the internal audit committee which did not tell Deloitte's.