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- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: So even though there is a tender process, there is nobody else right now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: So the answer is that there is no tendering process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: Are they smaller training contracts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: So the majority of the funding that Rehab gets from SOLAS is for specialist training, as there is really no other competitor in Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: Has SOLAS looked to see if there are other providers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I would have thought one of the greatest ways of reducing costs was competition.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: It might be looked at in the future in terms of getting value for money. I am very conscious of time as I know others want to come in. May I ask Ms Angela Kerins about her company car? What kind of company car does she have and what is the value of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: Based on her salary, Ms Kerins obviously pays benefit in kind, BIK, on her company car.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I accept that it is not a section 38 organisation and they are not public employees. Is it correct that there is guidance in place on pay?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: On a point of clarification, I understand that, prior to the Haddington Road agreement, staff in section 38 and 39 organisations continued to receive annual pay increases. Some section 39 organisations were implementing such pay increases as if it was public policy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: It may be worth auditing some of the section 39 organisations but that is another day's work. I thank Mr. O'Brien. I welcome Ms Kerins. I am very much aware of the work done by Rehab. We have received much information on the group and how it operates this morning. I have accounts here for National Learning Network Limited and RehabCare and I appreciate there are other enterprise...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I do not understand how salaries work. I ask Ms Kerins to clarify the position in respect of pay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I see that, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I apologise for interrupting but I am conscious that we do not have much time. I understand how the group works. What I am trying to establish is how it spreads its costs. For example, where is Ms Kerins's salary in the group? Who pays it? I am sure other administration costs are spread across the whole group? How is this established? What are the principles around it and where does it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: The salary of Ms Kerins is not included in the accounts of RehabCare or the National Learning Network, which means it is obviously in the enterprise accounts or somewhere else.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: Where is it charged?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I notice in Rehab Care there was a surplus for the financial year last year of €285,000. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: There is, however, a deficit carried forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)
Áine Collins: I note in 2011 there was a loss of €309,000. Have the activities of RehabCare increased in the past two years?