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Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I wish to clarify my remarks. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae referred to people as “simple”. He used the word “simple”. That is a very unkind and a gratuitously offensive term. He should reflect on his use of that. That is what I was referring to. It is a very unkind term.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Deputy is literally interrupting me now. It is not appropriate language to use in this House. It is deeply offensive and very unkind terminology to use. It is not appropriate to apply it to anyone in this House or indeed outside of this House. I would be grateful if Deputy Michael Healy-Rae reflects on his use of that terminology.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Deputy used the word.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Does the Deputy know where that word comes from?

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Deputy has been caught-----

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: He is trying to deflect.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Deputy knows where that word comes from. He should be better than that but he is not.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: There is no need for Deputy Healy-Rae to be personal.

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It was the use of the word "simple".

Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the provisions of the Bill and the officials for all the work that went into it. We do not see a lot of what goes on behind the scenes, but we know that a huge amount of work has to go into getting to this stage. I am also conscious of the consultation. This Bill is largely technical in nature. We look forward to engaging with it as it makes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: What grade is the person who has the authority, or had until yesterday, to sign off on the expenditure up to €500,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That would not be considered a very high grade?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It is a middle management grade, I would say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: When did Mr. Conlon become aware of the cost of this particular project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. Conlon had no knowledge of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: What other grades would have had knowledge of it by that stage? It did not go all the way to the chairman but would it have gone above the grade of principal officer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That is quite something. It is an awful lot of responsibility. I do not want to personalise it to any one individual but this principal officer grade, what training did they have in terms of financial management or anything like that? What would be their training and is it mandatory? Let me phrase it in a different way. Is it a requirement currently, or does Mr. Conlon think it should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: What has Mr. Conlon done to ensure that? We would all expect the people charged with the responsibility of spending taxpayers' money would have regard to that. They clearly did not, which is why we are here. What would be Mr. Conlon's level of expectation? Has he checked the qualifications of staff? It has been reduced down to a threshold of €200,000. That is still a phenomenal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: If they have not received the training, are they told that they cannot be responsible for managing large sums?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with Office of Public Works (25 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It is not a brilliant ad for it, is it? In terms of the order of magnitude costing, it was a hell of a magnitude, was it not? The order of magnitude costing was carried out by this individual at the grade of principal officer or equivalent and at no stage was any more senior person notified about that, am I right?