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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Ukrainian Ambassador (5 Mar 2014)

Gerald Nash: President Putin has used the threat of the far right as a convenient fig-leaf to justify the invasion of Crimea. I am glad it is acknowledged that Crimea has been invaded. The territorial integrity of Ukraine has been undermined and has been violated and international law has been violated. That is a demonstrable fact. In the context of the de-escalation of the dispute and the hope of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have a question relating to our earlier discussion on the settlement obligations of €7 million in the context of the closure of the defined benefit pension scheme. Will Ms Kerins get back to us with the information that is not available at the minute?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Does Ms Kerins have that information with her now? Will she furnish the information to us?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: In conclusion, I will ask a related question. Would there be a considerable number of trainees at any given time on a Rehab NLN training programme who would then go on to work with the commercial element of Rehab? In other words, is the organisation training individuals with State funding to continue to work in Rehab centres? Is there a defined job path programme? Subsequently, is there a...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Is that not in direct conflict with the organisation's own memorandum and articles of association?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Can Ms Kerins confirm that is the case for this consultancy?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of further points in respect of Rehab's annual accounts in 2012. I believe Deputy O'Donnell also may have viewed its annual accounts, based on his line of questioning. All of the legal material related to the establishment of Rehab, the ongoing work of Rehab, as well as its memorandum and articles of association, all state clearly that it is a charitable organisation, which...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It was Poland and the tax bill was €74,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: The organisation in its entirety, commercial and not-for-profit, if I can use that description, paid nothing in Ireland because it is not liable for corporation tax, as it is exempt under the Charities Act and the charities regulations. Is this not the case? It paid €74,000 in totality. I note the organisation made an operating surplus of €2.944 million in 2011 and...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: A sum of €35 million is on deposit in the bank and it is the case that no DIRT is paid by any organisation that is a registered charity. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Yes. I thank Ms Kerins for clearing that up. I refer to page 17 of the accounts and have a question regarding the closure of the defined benefit pension scheme. I am happy to give Ms Kerins a moment if she wishes to access that information. On page 17 of Rehab's 2012 accounts, reference is made to the defined benefits scheme being closed down in 2012. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: It was in 2012 and Ms Kerins put that on the record earlier. From an accounting point of view, there was a total gain to the company of €59 million. That is an accounting mechanism to reflect the wind-down of the defined benefit pension scheme. On page 17, there is a point in respect of a settlement obligation of €7 million in respect of the defined benefit scheme. I ask Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I am also interested to understand who benefited from that.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: If I may, I will ask a final question that is directed towards SOLAS but I am happy for Rehab representatives to answer it as well. Can Mr. O'Toole confirm my understanding that the unit cost, if I may put it like that, for trainees who are engaged in programmes with the National Learning Network on average is approximately €15,000? Alternatively, does it vary?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: From reading some of the reports Mr. O'Toole has forwarded to the committee, I note it is often the case that participants in programmes drop out early. There is quite a high attrition rate. Is it then the case that the National Learning Network receives all of the money allocated for that year? Is there some retrenchment process or is some money returned if, for example, a trainee only...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: In arrears. Does SOLAS pay monthly in arrears?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Can Mr. O'Toole put on the record what payment is made to the individual trainees per week?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: Attrition rates.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: I join my colleagues in welcoming the representatives of Rehab here today. Picking up on the point regarding salaries on which Deputy O'Donnell finished, it is clear from Ms Kerins's earlier contribution that there is some clarity around the fact that the bulk of State funding goes to two particular companies in the Rehab Group. Is it all of it?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Gerald Nash: All of it goes to RehabCare and to the National Learning Network. On that basis, would Ms Kerins accept that it is reasonable for this committee to try to establish what the salaries of the senior management are and to put that on record here today? I further note that Ms Kerins, in her opening statement said that total remuneration of the senior management team would be published at some...