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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I know what SQL Server is. With regard to the IT system for managing information, has Benefacts customised the system? I worked in database development for three years and I have used SQL Server. Has Benefacts customised its development of that or added any off-the-shelf packages to develop it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I just want to make sure it is fit for purpose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Given the data that Benefacts deals with I would be concerned if the system was not fit. On the internal audit, is there anybody external to the organisation on the audit board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Who?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: How long has he been on the audit board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Was it the end of last year or the beginning of last year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Will Ms Quinn supply this to the committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Will Ms Quinn also supply to the Chairman of the committee a copy of the Benefacts risk register, as it is prior to this date and in order of priority of risks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I thank Ms Quinn for her answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Who is taking up this information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I do not want to take up all the available time. Does Benefacts come within the ambit of the Freedom of Information, FOI, Act?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Presumably, if it is fully funded or majority-funded by the State, it will come under FOI. That is not really a question for the witnesses to answer, but I presume that is the case. I understand that Benefacts gathers all the data and repackages it in a format that is readable and sellable, or readable and useable. That is fine. Who actually owns that? Data needs format. Who owns the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I will ask the question again. I understand raw data. As I say, I worked in this area for years. Who owns the data that is reformatted? Is Benefacts the owner? Very well. That is obvious. If the two Senators, the Chairman and I were to attempt to set up a company, trading under a company name, which we felt could do this job as well, we would be precluded from doing so because there is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: It is a question we might put to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I think so. It is a question I will leave out there because there is taxpayers' money involved. With respect to our guests, we do not know if we are getting value for that money. That is why the witnesses are before this committee and not the Committee for Public Accounts. When will the 2017 accounts be published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Is it true that when Benefacts was founded, it was claimed that after a few years it would be self-financing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Was that ever the intention?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: Was it the intention that Benefacts would provide the majority of its own funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Benefacts Project: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)
Alan Kelly: I tend to agree with the witness.