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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am stealing Deputy MacSharry's notes. My point is that one should tie that in with what has been said earlier on and with the discussion we had here with HIQA, but also with the fact that in tandem with this - I am not getting into the legal issue but merely making the committee aware of it - there is also a court case between HIQA and the HSE on the potential future non-admission of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We are putting a date in the diary for the education and training boards. I have arranged it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: We can discuss that nearer the date. It is simply to pencil in a date in the diary.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It should be before Christmas.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have been chasing this for some time. I believe we will need to look at Education and Training Boards Ireland as well. That is the organisation over all the boards. There are broader issues relating to the way in which funding is being spent, in respect of how SOLAS provided funding to the board and the issue relating to the merger of the education and training boards and multiple...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I agree with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have to step out for ten minutes as I have to do an interview. Will I speak on this matter now?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: My view on this matter is well known to the committee. I saw the correspondence from the clerk whom I thank for it. I would not necessarily agree with it and one would not expect me to. We have unfinished business, particularly in regard to the process that was engaged in here. I believe there are serious issues with the evidence given. We are not getting the full picture. I understand...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It could be a very short meeting, to be held after lunch some day for two hours.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Can we have those figures broken down by project and by year?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Mr. Nolan will be glad to know many of my questions have been asked. In regard to the legal costs, has TII made provision for those in its accounts for the coming year? There could be significant variance, depending on how well TII gets on.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: It goes up and down, I presume. With legal challenges, which are part of the run of the mill, are there any ancillary costs that impact on TII's bottom line because projects get delayed?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am trying to get a sense of the scale.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: What I am trying to get to is how TII quantifies these.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I know that. Mr. Nolan need not worry about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I am trying to get a feel for the ancillary costs that build up for TII, and how these hit us and the taxpayer, to quantify the amounts that are almost lost as a result of all these multiple challenges, but Mr. Nolan cannot really quantify them.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: Is that how TII does the calculation?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Alan Kelly: I have an exercise for Mr. Nolan. Would he submit to the committee a table containing a breakdown of those costs, by year and by project, since TII's inception up until this year so that we can have a look at them? This is for public record. I would presume that those figures are quite high. There is no issue. TII has to go through a legal process. I understand all of that. I merely...