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- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: In terms of disclosure of related parties, there was an issue with Postbrook Limited. This is one of the entities that was-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: So the financial statements would not have to be disclosed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: I have to say as-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: Has the template model for these accounts changed since 2015 with regard to the presentation? It is very difficult to get information from the accounts. It is extraordinary to read them. They are absolutely-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: There is no information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: Issues such as related parties can get out through a vacuum. There seems to be no exact model such as there is for a company's set of accounts. In the corporate world there is an obligation to disclose all of these items. It is very hard to read these accounts. Tax is not mentioned and neither is PAYE. Basic items we would see in a normal set of accounts are not mentioned in this model....
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: Would the Secretary General like to comment on this? Is he satisfied with the model in which the accounts are presented? With regard to disclosure of documents and board members disclosing their interests, does the Department follow up robustly to ensure this information is presented in a timely manner?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: The Department is paying the money to the ETBs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: So the Department does not follow up on them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: What I find extraordinary is that a number of individuals did not disclose exactly what they had. The Secretary General is paying all of this money to this entity and he says it is not his problem really.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: That is what it sounds like.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: We are talking in general. The report states there were a number of instances.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: I am talking basically-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: The Secretary General is happy to pay money when disclosures are not fully made. He is okay with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: He is passing the buck.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: The Secretary General has no issue with doing so.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: They are incredible to look at. There is no-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: It looks like that did not happen in the past.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: It is great saying it now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Peter Burke: Thinking back to that time, and I apologise for interrupting, but the period from 2008 to 2010 was a very tough time economically and €250,000 seems an extraordinary amount of rent to pay annually. If a commercial valuation basis was used to purchase it, and I know this is not a model that is often used-----