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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: To wrap up that particular point, from what I hear, there is risk that Caranua may have paid €2,000 or €,3000. Caranua is not invoiced for the work because it deals with the survivor and not with the contractor employed by the survivor. Caranua cannot get an invoice made out to it under any circumstances. It does not come to Caranua but it goes through the survivor. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have total empathy and I would not agree with the Deputy-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are near the end of road at this stage. We understand the need to protect the anonymity of the survivors who were allowed to commission the work themselves. I am not saying anything went wrong but we cannot be sure of that. There is a question mark there. From Caranua's contacts, it knew of the genuine cases. All these people had been through the other redress schemes to start with....

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does Caranua have any clerk of works rather than administrative staff who have a concept of what to install such as a stove?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am not saying the quantity surveyor or clerk of works would be there to inspect premises. These exact claims come into local authorities for disabled persons grants for work on a house such as a stairlift, work on windows, gutters or doors, an extension, or downstairs toilets. They engage somebody who knows the cost of installing a walk-in shower, for example. Let us make up a figure of...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Such a person would have been able to say that a stairlift costs €7,000, not €12,000. They could say-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It would be a check of how reasonable it is, not an exact check.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Or even a traditional clerk of works or a site foreman who would have a little practical knowledge. We are all more on the administrative side. We are not talking about checking every job. There would be a bit more practical-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is about dignity for the person.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We agree with that. There is a little independence as well. That would diminish their well-being-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: Being able to place an order and get a job done in the house contributes to a person's well-being, which I understand. Perhaps not everyone in this room fully understands that but many of us do. The point is made and we will move on. I call Deputy Connolly.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: The total is 317.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: The secretariat is taking notes.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is the annual rent?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is the figure inclusive of service charges?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is inclusive of VAT and service charges.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: What was the cost? Ms Downes mentioned there was no extra person so what was the reason for the additional cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: There was a CEO in position and another person was acting CEO. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: In regard to the person who was acting CEO, was it a person who was already in the organisation?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2017 (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: The cost was minimal because the two people concerned were already on the payroll.