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- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Did Mr. O'Toole not hear the two points I raised earlier? The Kildare-Wicklow ETB incurred significant expenditure with certain hotels without a competitive procurement process and subsistence claims by the then chief executive did not comply with regulations. If that was the case and there were issues about a chief executive's spending, there has to be somebody other than the chief...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I am looking at Mr. McCarthy's supplementary report which shows there are governance and financial control weaknesses that were uncovered by his work. Almost none of those issues were uncovered by either the finance committee, the audit committee or the board. Is that fair?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: That brings me to the role and responsibility of the board and the CEO and how ETBs are governed. We talked about how unusual it is to have two supplementary reports. We also have the Thorn report and a Garda investigation and the committee has examined the matter. All of these issues are highly unusual when one considers the totality of all of that. It is the Education and Training Boards...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Is Mr. Merrick the current chair of the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Has Mr. Merrick read the Act?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Is Mr. Merrick familiar with all of the provisions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Did Mr. Merrick get any training on the provisions of the Act?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I do not need Mr. Merrick to reiterate something that I did not ask. That was raised by a previous questioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: This is the Act-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: -----that governs Mr. Merrick's roles, responsibilities and duties and he has read it
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Is he familiar with all of the provisions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: There is a code of practice. I did not ask about the code of practice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I am asking about the Act.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: One of the provisions of the Act, which can be found in Part 2, deals with the suspension and removal of chief executive by board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: That is the duty and the responsibility of the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Why was this provision never applied? The board, in my view, never sought to remove any individual. I am not naming anybody specifically. The board never sought to remove any individual despite all of the issues that have been raised. The legislation is meant to ensure there are checks and balances and provides powers to the board. Where issues emerge, the board has the authority to deal...
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. McCarthy first and then I will come back to Mr. Merrick.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Can Mr. Merrick enlighten me on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: I ask Mr. Merrick to define what he means by the term "some talk". It is very loose so he should be more specific if he can.
- Public Accounts Committee: Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015 (21 Feb 2019)
David Cullinane: Can Mr. Merrick be more specific about the date?