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- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Does he feel now-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Mr. Hogan is present to account for his actions as the chairman of an audit committee about a commercial decision he chose to enter into on behalf of an organisation that receives almost €100 million in taxpayers' funds and, therefore, I would be grateful if he could tolerate the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Can I ask the question? Does he feel it was appropriate for the Rehab Group to enter into a business arrangement with a company in which relatives of the chief executive officer were involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Who is Mr. Connaughton?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: He also made an interesting comment in the minutes: "Mr. Connaughton advised that if the group became a big player [I presume that means if it buys a certain number of coffins] then the competition might start looking at us a bit closer." What did that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: I will summarise my reading of this. Mr. Hogan, as chairman of the audit committee, was taking his duties seriously and it is clear from the minutes that he had reservations about the Rehab Group entering into this agreement in the first place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Anyone who reads the minutes can see Mr. Hogan clearly had reservations about this venture because of the familial connections with the chief executive officer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: The internal auditor, Mr. Connaughton, seems to also have had concerns but he basically said if the Rehab Group did not do this on a large scale, "they would not look at us too closely". Is that a fair summation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: I thank Mr. Hogan. Mr. Poole mentioned the issue of reputational damage, the CRC and the care trust. Will he explain the link between CRC, the Rehab Group and the care trust?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: What does the care trust do? How does it operate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: How are the profits divided?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: What does the Rehab Group do with the money it receives?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Has funding from the care trust ever been used for the purpose of loans to individuals, organisations or subsidiaries of the Rehab Group?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: In Mr. Poole's professional opinion, have any loans deriving from funding through the lotteries scheme ever been written off? The Rehab Group has never used------
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Will Mr. Poole explain that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Mr. Poole probably is. I am just trying to comprehend it all. So all the funding the Rehab Group receives from the care trust goes into the general fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Has Mr. Poole in his role or anybody else from the Rehab Group had any contact with the interim administrator for the CRC regarding his findings and work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: During the investigation by the administrator of the CRC, was there contact with the Rehab Group as distinct from the care trust? Were questions raised with the Rehab Group or were there discussions with the Rehab Group?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: I did not realise.