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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Mr. Mac Eochaidh said he was seeking a partnership, not a sale. What does Údarás own now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Acadian SeaPlants Limited owns all of it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Has any of these commitments been made to local harvesters?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Údaras na Gaeltachta has decided to seek a strategic partner.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Should this not have been put out to public tender?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Had the Department indicated that this could be done?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: The Department did not know about the process being undertaken. Am I right in saying the Minister has to sign off on the sale?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Should he not have been involved earlier in the process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Why is the Minister required to sign off on it then?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: The consultants examined relevant parties which may have had an interest.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: This is where Acadian SeaPlants Limited comes into the process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: It was whittled down from nine to how many interested parties?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Were there six bids or did six parties demonstrate an interest?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: How were those six parties whittled down again?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Who were the consultants?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: How did they whittle down the numbers?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: At this stage, the Údaras na Gaeltachta board was to make a decision.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the witnesses. I will continue in English as otherwise this will be a very short session. Perhaps Deputies O'Donnell and Ross will speak as Gaeilge but I will speak in English. I acknowledge the work done by Údarás in creating and sustaining jobs in more rurally isolated parts of the country where traditionally it has been difficult to create jobs. Where will the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Údarás decided to sell it to add value to it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she review the pupil teacher ratio for small rural schools in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37958/14]