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- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: That piece of work is ongoing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Does the Secretary General want to come in? I am trying to get to the legal difficulties that may present where a contract is signed on behalf of the education and training board which has not been approved by the board. Did the lease receive board approval subsequently? Was it presented to the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: What is the amount of the lease?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: For how much?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is that sum being paid?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We have €286,000, plus VAT, being paid under a contract which has not received board approval.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General whether that is good practice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: How is it being allowed to happen? I note to the Accounting Officer for the Department that we have just been told that we are paying out €286,000, plus VAT. I do not know how much that comes to, but it is approximately €350,000 a year under a contract which did not receive prior approval from the board and which has still not received approval. Nevertheless, we are paying...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: We could pay out approximately €7 million under a contract which the board has not even approved. That is nuts. My difficulty with it is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I agree that it is since 2017, but it is very difficult to say lessons have been learned. Has legal advice been sought on whether the contract is binding on the education and training board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: If it was me, I would seek legal advice. I would not simply take it as read that I was going to pay out €7 million of taxpayers' money under a contract which had not even been approved by the board. Do the witnesses know whether there are other leases where contracts have been signed by individuals; perhaps even the same individuals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: When-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I have two small questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: When is it proposed to bring the lease to the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: How much did it cost to fit out the building under a contract that has not been approved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Dr. Keyes can come back to me with it. I believe it is in excess of €2 million. As such, we are talking about nearly €10 million of taxpayers' money under a contract that has not received board approval.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I presume that when the meeting resumes after the Dáil votes that we will begin a new session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I want to be clear about the two things that I am looking for. First, is a list of all properties and lands which the ETB is currently leasing which the ETB had owned and sold. Second is a list of all leases and contracts which have been signed which have not been approved by the board or which may have been approved subsequently after the fact. Mr. Ó Foghlú said that the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: What exactly does that mean? Does it mean that the Department is now responsible if there is an issue with the contract?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Therefore the Department gave the ETB permission to start paying the lease.