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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: A total of €3.8 million was spent on the project. When was it decided not to proceed at all and to lose that €3.8 million? That money was spent on construction. Were there legal costs attached to that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: So the total figure amounts to €3.8 million? At what stage was it decided not proceed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: When was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: At the end of 2011, the Department looked at the €3.8 million that had been spent and believed it was not worth pursuing or did not have the money to pursue it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: So it made sense for the Department to write off the €2.8 million and for Dublin City Council to write off €1 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: Was that bad planning on the part of the Department? In the course of 2011, the decision was made to write of €2.8 million and €1 million even though the Department was aware since 2008 that there were serious difficulties with the public finances and that even the €2.8 million would have been hard to come by. In spite of that, the Department proceeded. Who planned the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: I understand that but I cannot understand how a Department can look into a site that cost €2.8 million, and cost Dublin City Council a further €1 million-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: I am not referring to the site but about the money that was spent on it. When I think how hard it is for people to pay their taxes and the work that must be done to do it, I find it hard to get my head around the State writing off €2.8 million and €1 million, .
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: I am struggling to get my head around this because I have watched the Department of Justice and Equality spend money on sites and projects that have in some cases never materialised. Going back as far as 2000 to the money that was spent on leases, the purchase of property, settlements with builders, the latest court case and now this building shows a history of loose management for a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: Can the Secretary General not put himself in the shoes of the taxpayer and look at this €2.8 million and €1 million? He can explain it away all he likes but when I put this along side the history I have seen from the Department, whether before Mr. Purcell's time or not, going back to 2000, and the leases for properties that were never used, property we discussed earlier that is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: It should have been taken into consideration.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: No, the fact that at that time, the Department was entering a contract when the country was facing an economic crisis.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: I understand Mr. Purcell has a case to make but I have a difficulty with understanding that €2.8 million on the back of the history of spend within that Department and how it does business.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: Certainly not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Purcell to read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the various properties the Department purchased or entered into leases on since 2000 and then come back and discuss being cavalier. Some of the properties were then off-loaded for small amounts to the OPW or the HSE. There are examples of that throughout the country and bearing that in mind, the recent discussion...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: In the case of the person receiving €43,000, how often does he or she sit on an appeal? How is the payment based?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: How many cases does that person handle for €42,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: What are the qualifications required?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: Can we have a list of their names?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) John McGuinness: In terms of the properties originally leased or purchased, dating back to the high numbers of 2000, when the Department was forced to buy property all over the country, we had a hearing that showed some of the properties were not used. Are any of those properties still on the Department's books? Have the leases been discontinued? Are all of the properties in use?