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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Alan Kelly: My questions will be addressed to the other witnesses. I just have to vote at some point.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I have more than that. I will be as quick as I can.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is kind of weird because I am looking at the back of the Secretary General's head. The Secretary General is based out of the Department of Education and Skills but how much of his time does he spend there?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I cannot hear Mr. Ó Foghlú.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I have a few quick-fire questions. Can the Department ensure that every board of every ETB publishes their minutes? There seem to be gaps in minutes across some of the boards. I will ask that question of every ETB here. Can the witnesses make a commitment that all minutes will be published online and made available?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Will Mr. Loftus make the minutes available for us please?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: As part of this process, as the Chairman outlined before the break, we will be writing a report and as part of that we will be making recommendations which we expect to be considered. I presume this will be one of them. We have only a selection of ETBs here. It would not be practical to have every one of them here, although I am sure we will be visiting some of them again. Could we also...
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: This is only a sample. Can we just have the ones on the four ETBs? We cannot be exhaustive. We have picked four ETBs. Can we have the reports from the four that are here?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is something we have requested so I take it the answer is "Yes." I have a number of quick-fire questions for the Secretary General. We are looking at integration. Can the Secretary General assure me there is a consistent policy across all ETBs on how expenses are claimed and leave entitlements? If not, why not and when will it happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Is it implemented? Is it in place everywhere on both those issues?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: When will they be dealt with? They have been going on for four years now.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: There are anomalies there.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: It is going on for four years. All I am getting here is that it is ongoing. What I need to hear is that there will be an end to it soon because four years is absolutely excessive.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Will you also provide an update on the other item? I have a final couple of questions. Are all the chief executives based primarily in the head offices of the ETBs?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I have a reply from the Minister on the matter and he says it is what he expects.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: The Minister says he expects that all ETB chief executives are based primarily out of their head offices. We might come back to that. When it comes to the issue of the directors who were appointed in December, there were three directors appointed for each ETB. There was sanction for that. They were appointed to the three different areas. I would expect they would be based out of head...
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Would it be unusual that three-quarters of the four most senior roles in an ETB are not based in the head office?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Hold on a second. The Department is an oversight body. Would it not be incredibly unusual, and why would the Department allow it to happen in the first place? Would it not be unusual?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: The boards are accountable to the Department.