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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Very good.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Great. I am almost finished, Chairman. Have conflicts of interest been declared?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is there a policy and procedure in place to deal with conflicts of interest?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I wish to discuss the board and the three policy changes. This starts off in 2014 and there is no limit. Is that right? Caranua is overwhelmed and at some stage the policy changes to limit the amount of money. Was the decision made at board level?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Ms Higgins, did the policy work on the ground?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is all right.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Was the decision to prioritise made at board level?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did the priority system operate on the ground before the board made a decision?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I shall again ask both witnesses a specific question. In July 2015 the board made a decision about a priority system. Presumably it was brought to Mr. O'Callaghan's attention. As Ms Higgins has just said, they were under serious pressure and they had to prioritise. Can I presume the matter was put tothe board and that is why the board agreed to have a priority system?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Can we see all of that in the minutes?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Are they?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will be able to see that in July 2015 the decision was made to prioritise. Ms Higgins, as I have asked already, was the priority system in place, informally or otherwise, prior to the board's decision in July 2015?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It was not.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: If applicants come forward and say that some member of Caranua communicated with them about this priority list prior to the board's decision in July 2015 then that is inaccurate?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am asking black and white questions at this point. We have been told that applicants were told that before the board's decision. Is that wrong?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Did Caranua implement the decision before that date?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Definitely not?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Can Mr. O'Callaghan tell me when the limit was discussed?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)

Catherine Connolly: What was the reason for the discussion? Why was the limit reached? What was the context? What advice was given to the organisation?