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Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: That is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Does she believe on a humane level that that answer has addressed the needs of the survivor?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I am very sorry but there are plenty of other facts. It is very obvious to anybody on this committee, in terms of what is detailed in the email sent to Caranua, that the person received that type of response. They are the facts. The line states: "All your needs have now been met with regards to Caranua and your application is complete." That person will live with the abuse for the rest of...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: The Chairman should be aware that there is no more to the case. The fact is that it is outlined in an email to Ms Downes and that is the address given. I want to ask Ms Downes about administration costs because the level of compensation that person was looking for is much less than what Ms Downes seems to have spent. When she announced the wind-down of Caranua in 2018, there was...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Not to advertise it. It is the nature of maintenance and relocation costs.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: This is in the 2018 accounts. The Comptroller and Auditor General might address that. Is it a 2017 or a 2018 expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: There was another €13,350 for premises in 2019. Was that for the same premises?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: That was €13,350 for a sign and with regard to the email which states: "All your needs have now been met with regards to Caranua and your application is complete", the figure was €5,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I am sorry, Ms Downes, but I am asking the questions. Meeting and conference costs were €10,006, which was more than five times the cost for the previous year at a time when Caranua was winding down. Can Ms Downes give me a breakdown of that expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Caranua had a conference in the UK.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: This refers to meeting and conference costs.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Caranua already has subsistence, if I am not mistaken. There are other-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I would like to put on the record that I read the report also and the report, and what is reported to this committee, as well as what is in the public domain, does not reflect the work of Caranua. I am very disappointed that the report is not transparent. What we need to learn in this day and age is that survivors in receipt of what Ms Downes or other people may deem to be compensation were...

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I do not need to discuss it.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I thank Ms Downes.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: I want to go back to the statement of internal control. I am curious as to why no board member of Caranua has attended today. Is there any specific reason?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: How many board members are there?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Only the chairperson was-----

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Caranua did not proffer one of them instead of the chairperson? No. Okay. The statement of internal control states that the board is "reasonably assured". Could that statement be elaborated on?

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: Well, Ms Downes signed the statement. It is signed by her and Mr. O'Callaghan.

Public Accounts Committee: Caranua: Financial Statements 2019 (17 Dec 2020)

Verona Murphy: No. I asked why there is no one here from the board. What is written is that "The Board is reasonably assured that the systems of Internal Control instituted and implemented in the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board for the financial year ended 31st December 2019 are effective." It is signed by both Ms Downes and Mr. O'Callaghan but on behalf of the board, I assume.