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- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: That works itself is under consultancy costs. Where is that on page 28?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Dollard give us a breakdown of the rest of the €654,000? We like to know where things land in the accounts. When did Bord na gCon decide to do the Indecon report? This is the third report within a very short period of time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: When was the tender process and when were the terms of reference drawn up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: That report is due shortly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Is there a fixed price for it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is for the Indecon report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: There is €130,000 for the Preferred Results report, possibly €23,000 for the strategic plan and €142,500 for Indecon. We are up to €300,000 for reports from 2017 to the beginning of 2019. That is great stuff. It is a lot of money. There are three reports involving external consultants on what Bord na gCon does next. Is this management by consultants? Does...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: On the figures for 2018, which include the 2017 figures, on page 7 of the briefing note for 2018 there is travel and subsistence for employees amounting to €519,000 and international travel amounting to €533,000. It was approximately the same the previous year. How many staff members were involved in that €533,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are employees.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Without me looking at the accounts, does Bord na gCon own motor vehicles? Do people drive Bord na gCon cars or their own?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. I need a breakdown of this. I was surprised that in excess of €500,000 in travel expenses was paid to employees. I know some staff work on the courses and there are approximately 125 staff. I am sure a large portion of them are office-based and would not be involved in travel to any significant extent. I know Mr. Tuohey is new and perhaps could not possibly know yet...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: I will give Mr. Dollard the breakdown I am looking for. How many staff received less than €5,000? How many staff received between €5,000 and €10,000? How many staff received between €10,000 and €20,000? Mr. Dollard gets the idea.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: If somebody received €1,000 or €2,000 that is fine. It is a small amount of travel. I am trying to find how many staff are in each band. I am concerned there might be some very high figures. I have no idea. I hope the information will tell us. I am not making any comment but €500,000 looks high. I understand there is travel every weekend to the 1,500 race meetings...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: How is it financed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Registration fees. So it is a not-for-profit organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Somebody mentioned cattle earlier. Who operates the system for registering cattle?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: In light of the legislation passed in recent months, will the Department run the stud book in future or will this voluntary club, which is not answerable to anybody in this Parliament, continue to do so? A report was commissioned and now I am told that nobody can get to the bottom of it. After all of the legislation being passed, are we going to give responsibility for maintaining the stud...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: This is precisely my point. It seems that two bodies will be involved in registering dogs. I get the impression that the Irish Coursing Club will register them when they are born and, at some stage during their career, they will be registered again with Bord na gCon if they show up at a greyhound track. There are 4,000, 5,000, or 6,000 dogs involved in racing and there are 12,000 or 13,000...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: So they will registered by Bord na gCon at 12 or 14 months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Why is there double registration of the same dog? Why are we duplicating work? Why did we pass legislation to allow for duplicate registration? I am asking for the money.