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- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: But Mr. O'Brien has service level agreements in place. The service level agreements are clear in relation to governance and financial issues, and the relationship between them and his organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: It is clear - a full accounting of money spent.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: I think different views were expressed by different members about what exactly triggered the audit, but if I could just make one final observation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: Absolutely, but it does not necessarily mean that other people's views are not correct. My final observation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: People will make up their own minds on all of these issues. If I can, I will go back to one central issue. Our job here is to make sure that controls are in place that are robust and sufficient to ensure that taxpayers' money is being spent appropriately, and that there is sufficient oversight and governance. It seems to me, from reading the report, that there are questions for the CRO...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: No - hang on a second. This is directly relevant to this.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: No. I am sorry, but it is. There are questions here. This internal audit raises questions for the CRO, the Revenue Commissioners, the Department and different arms of the HSE. It also raises questions for the external auditor and the internal auditor. Regarding the fundamental checks and balances which failed, we have asked for information from the HSE. We will get that information....
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: Yes, but I am making the point in the presence of the witnesses who are here. I have one question for the Comptroller and Auditor General. With regard to the relationship and the information flow between the Companies Registration Office, the Revenue Commissioners, the Department, the HSE, the internal auditors and the external auditors - I do not know whether he has read the internal...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: What is the Comptroller and Auditor General's view on the controls that are in place in terms of the respective organisations, and the reason they failed so badly?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: I am talking about the HSE.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: With respect, the Chairman is missing the point. The relationship between all of those organisations-----
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: -----in terms of controls is inextricably linked. That is my point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: I have one item. There was a comprehensive discussion at the last meeting about the staff complement of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. Reference was made to the authorised maximum staff number and the actual number of staff employed. The authorised figure was 164 and the actual figure was 146. There was some discussion about agency staff, contracted staff and outsourced...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: We also had a discussion on HSE procurement and issues that were flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Was that something that we said we would come back to?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: I had a brief conversation with the Chair. I accept that it is not possible for representatives from Revenue to come before us at tomorrow's meeting. We had a very lengthy discussion with legal advisors anyway with regard to the internal audit report. It has some relevance to that. At the same time, this whole issue flags and raises questions of process for the HSE, which we will deal...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: We are going to come back to this issue anyway, I would imagine. As part of that, we should have a discussion, maybe after tomorrow's meeting, with the HSE about where we go from here. In that context, those points might be considered.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: My comment is regarding the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board and the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board. If the Chairman wants, I can come back to them later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: There is a note flagged by the Comptroller and Auditor General which mentions non-performance of a review of the effectiveness of the system of internal control. What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)
David Cullinane: With regard to the interdepartmental co-ordination group and the steering group, does Ms McGrath accept there was a lack of clarity and urgency and a level of inaction regarding the work of both of these groups?