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- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: I appreciate that but the witness must be acutely aware of sensitive decisions. To isolate one station for reopening based on an interim report is probably not best practice. People like to have possession of all information before a decision is made. That is basic good practice in any organisation. That these decisions are being made is a cause for great concern. I spoke to my...
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: That people are available to staff it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: There are a lot of caveats coming in there on the basis-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Are there------
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: The gardaí are ready to go into it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: I thank the witness.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: I welcome the witnesses and commend them on their good work in the health sector. HIQA has a huge role in protecting the most vulnerable in society. The annual report and opening statement give us a flavour of how it goes about that business. In terms of our role, I want to ask a few questions about the financial decisions, value for money and financial performance. On the organisation's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: There is a 20-year lease at €1.1 million per annum for the Smithfield office, which was signed in 2008. That is a significant amount of money for property at that time. The initial bank guarantee was introduced then. Is there an independent valuation for that rent? Looking at HIQA’s establishment costs, what seems unusual is that its service charges are nearly...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: I presume the OPW would have an independent valuation for that building. Is it correct that HIQA does not pay any rent for its Cork building?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: Is that indefinite?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: There are 92 staff there. That has increased from 2016. There are eight in Galway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: I would be concerned about the value of the lease. Will Mr. Angland come back to us on this through the OPW? On the lease for the office at The Mall, Beacon Court, that was terminated, the rent on that was €293,000 annually. Obviously, there was a significant write-off cost. Was there any thought about subletting this premises? What was the thought behind the decision to cut and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: This body was paying rent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: Did it come within HIQA’s budget?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: Was this body absorbing some of HIQA’s budget?
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: That was apportioned to it but HIQA was absorbing the rent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: That would not be ideal for HIQA.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: My concern is about us getting a take on an organisation’s budgets. For example, the rent in Cork is €370,000 but HIQA does not pay it as the OPW absorbs it. In the Beacon Court case, there was a tenant with HIQA which absorbed that body’s rent costs. It does not give us a fair reflection of the budget. HIQA states it has a budget of €18 million. However,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: To use a word Mr. Angland used, it is a bit convoluted.
- Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)
Peter Burke: Trade accruals increased by 40%. Is there any particular reason for that?