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Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I should preface my remarks by saying I have read the report and that I am absolutely sickened. I know that it is not relevant, but I would not be human if I did not say I was absolutely sickened. I cannot imagine what it is like for those affected, having read the report more than once. I will start with a practical question on the independent external review. When did it start? When...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes. As I have difficulty in pronouncing it, I am avoiding the word.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is okay. I am not going to use the few minutes I have available discussing how it arose. My question is: when did it start? When will it be completed-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I did not hear the answers. When precisely did it start? When will it be completed and how much will it cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Very good.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. O'Brien is expecting to receive it. Was it not set out in the terms of reference?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Was a period set out within which the report should be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: My question-----

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I am taking it directly from Mr. O'Brien's statement. I am very conscious of what the Chairman told us. He is perfectly right on what we should stick to. I am very conscious there is an ongoing inquiry.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Lovely. Therefore, I will be told when it started, when it is to be completed and what it will cost.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Good. That is great.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will move specifically to the other question which relates to the three people identified by Mr. O'Brien who is here to clarify his evidence given to the Committee of Public Accounts in February 2016. He pointed out that there was "a three-person panel, for want of a better word." Although it is not in the evidence, it was in Mr. O'Brien's mind. Is it right that it was H6? Who were the...

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: They were the three people who were in Mr. O'Brien's mind. When he gave evidence that they had all left the public service, he inadvertently made a mistake with one of them. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. I will put my question in order that Mr. O'Brien can answer it. They were the three people who were in his mind. He told us that they were, but he did not say who the three people were. He confirmed they had all left the public service but one of them had not. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Good. That person has been identified in letters as H12. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I thank Mr. O'Brien. He has clarified the position. He said there was "a three-person panel, for want of a better word" and referred to the Devine report. Let us look at that report. As Mr. O'Brien knows the paragraph by heart, he might guide me.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I think Mr. O'Brien does.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I will guide Mr. O'Brien and thank him for finding the page. H3 is identified in it, with H7 and H12. They are identified between points Nos. 1 and 8 in the middle of the page. Is that right?