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- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: All right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Okay, Mr. Ruttle is chair of a board-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: -----and he got legal advice for the board today. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: When there was a break Mr. Ruttle went out and sought legal advice for the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Had Mr. Ruttle permission to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Did Mr. Ruttle go out and get legal advice today for the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That legal advice will have to be paid by the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Can Mr. Ruttle make that decision unilaterally without the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Just a minute. I am on record as saying that inquiry will take its course. I am not saying one thing about that inquiry. I am not sure why Mr. Ruttle was getting advice, I am simply asking him questions regarding his role as chairman of a board and that comes down to giving us confidence in regard to governance. Certainly I accept that he is here for the 2013-14 accounts but the issue...
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. Mr. Ruttle got advice from Mr. Thorn. He rang Mr. Ruttle as well, I think that is what Mr. Ruttle said earlier, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: That is okay. Therefore, Mr. Ruttle did not have any advice from him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: What does Mr. Ruttle mean by saying he expressed general views?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: With you?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I am just trying to establish clearly if Mr. Thorn spoke to Mr. Ruttle and if Mr. Ruttle shared that with the board or did Mr. Thorn speak with the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Yesterday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: I understand all that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. In regard to governance, what issues arose in the 2013-14 accounts, if any, from the audit committee in terms of risk assessment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: No, Mr. Ruttle-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: -----that is not the question. The delays have been clearly set out by the Comptroller and Auditor General. I am accepting that in respect of 2013-14. My question was: what issues, risks, or conflicts of interest, if any, arose during that period of time? I am interested to know what happened and how Mr. Ruttle dealt with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Connolly: Mr. Ruttle is here to answer for 2013-14.