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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Does the NTMA have any sense of how long the process will take before a decision is made? I imagine it will impact on the type of investments to be made, will it not?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Has the NTMA been given any indication? Is it anything like "How long is a piece of rope"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I refer to the voluntary redundancy scheme that operates within the NTMA. It is not something that is generally available in the public sector. My understanding - I might be wrong - is that one of the few other semi-State or Government agencies to run a similar scheme is NAMA, but there may be others. Why is there a voluntary redundancy scheme in place? It seems to be a very attractive...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: What does it entail?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General whether this is something at which he would look. If it is unique to the NTMA and not available to others across the public service, would the Comptroller and Auditor General comment on it in his report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: When Mr. McCarthy says "draw attention to it", what does he mean? Is it simply to draw attention to it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Okay. Given that attention has been drawn to it, what is Mr. O'Kelly's view of the scheme, given that it is not in place across the public service? What is the logic in having it available in the NTMA? Was it sought by it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I do not necessarily think it is a bad thing to have. It is something that could be looked at across the public service. It is included in the financial statement but perhaps we could get a more detailed note on how it works. That may be useful for us, given that our attention has been drawn to it. It seems to be unique although I believe NAMA and others operate similar schemes. Is that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: The note the committee got shows that in 2018, €13.4 million was spent on fit-out costs and professional fees relating to the new office accommodation at 1 Dublin Landings, North Wall Quay. We discussed this when the NTMA was before the committee previously. I estimate that, between 2018 and 2019, the fit-out costs are likely to exceed €25 million. Are those figures correct?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Is there a breakdown of the total between fit-out costs and professional fees?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: We can all rightly be angry at the mountain of debt we have and at the massive social cost for citizens associated with it but it is also important to point out that we do not often have Accounting Officers before the committee who give us the level and quality of detail we have got today. The quality of the work of the NTMA is recognised across the political divide and outside it. It is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Does the NTMA have any oversight over the so-called rainy day fund?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: It does. There is nothing in it at the moment but there will be €500 million going in this year.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: Is this one of the buffers about which Mr. O'Kelly was talking?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: What other buffers are in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 21 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency Financial Statements 2018 (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. O'Kelly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the spend for capital projects in County Waterford in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by project and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28658/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the building of an Educate Together secondary school in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28659/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure Provision (4 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the capital cost of building the new Dunmore wing at University Hospital Waterford; the amount provided by the State and from other funds, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28633/19]