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Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: That information is out there.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Anyone can find out who is my private auditor.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I was the first person who raised the principle of outside auditing, to which I will now return. I am self-employed and have to pay a good sum every year to get my accounts professionally audited and sent in for tax returns. All those outside consultants are governed by a code of conduct and proper procedures. I believe an oversight body deals with that. I will ask a question that was...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I am making a general observation.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: The first part dealing with 2005 and-----

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Was the HSE happy with the audited accounts it received for those 11 years? Did it find any discrepancies in those accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: In hindsight, are there question marks over the audited accounts submitted for those years? Given what we see in the HSE report, is there a question mark over someone? I do not want to name anyone or say anything wrong, but are there question marks over those audited accounts the HSE accepted? Are there questions to answer, particularly since 2010?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I have to highlight it.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: My final question is on governance and procedures. Mr. O'Brien said he was learning every day about procedures and enforcement. With regard to the general structure in Console, the CEO, the chairperson and the board, or so-called board, was in place. From what I read it seemed to involve three members of one family, although other names might have been mentioned. Did warning bells not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: What local authority is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: I have correspondence on that. I can bring it tomorrow morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Was any use being made of it during that lease? I am talking about value for money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: We are paying that money every year for an empty building?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: That was some waste of taxpayers' money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Then they had to buy it out at €9 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: Is any system in place when organisations come in late with accounts and present them six months behind time? Is there some procedure in place to fine them?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the tax-free group B threshold from €30,150 for those inheriting cash or assets from someone outside of their direct family, given that the group A threshold was increased to €280,000 in budget 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the huge difference between the tax-free group A and group B thresholds for inheriting money or assets and the inequality it imposes on older citizens who have no children but who may wish to pass on money or assets to nieces or nephews who have cared for them in later life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 104. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans and provisions he is examining and implanting for the tax-free group B threshold for those inheriting money or assets from persons outside of their direct family ahead of budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Bobby Aylward: 529. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline of the appointment of a permanent consultant medical oncologist with special interest in the area of sarcoma at St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, following the commitment given that consideration is being given to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20812/16]