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Freedom of Information (Oversight of the Office of the President) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: The Chairman says we will publish the correspondence from Dr. Love. A couple of people who are looking for a copy of that. Are we now free to give that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Can we get an update now on what Comptroller and Auditor General reports have either been sent to the Minister or are still in the process of being sent to the Minister in respect of different institutes? Also, what are those reports are about, roughly? That would be helpful for us for today's meeting so that we do not deal with issues to which we are going to come back? Are there two...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Has that gone to the Minister?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: The Waterford IT report is near completion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I know what the Waterford IT report is about but is the UL and Sligo IT report to do with issues raised by whistleblowers?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: We dealt with that in the past.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: It is an interesting piece of correspondence. If I am reading this correctly, on page 3 there are 17 individuals who are responsible for an appeal to the value of €711 million, which is quite extraordinary.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: This somewhat sits with the Comptroller and Auditor General's chapter on high net worth individuals. Is this something that we could hold over to form part of future discussions because we are going to have Revenue in so are we going to bring in the Tax Appeals Commission as well when we are dealing with that chapter?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: It is an extraordinary figure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: It is fair to point out that every individual has a right to appeal their tax liabilities, including high net worth individuals, and I have no difficulty with that. Having said that, there are still 17 cases under appeal to the value of €711 million. I hear what the Chair is saying about getting a bimonthly update on whether the cases have been settled because it is essentially a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Whether it is corporate or individual, it still pertains to entities, small numbers of individuals and big money.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: We might need a bit more information; that is all I am saying.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Someone got there before me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: The Comptroller and Auditor General states that "attention is drawn to weaknesses". I wonder if it is weaknesses or failures. I am sure there are basic requirements or controls that any organisation should have in place. I do not accept that the term "weaknesses" suggests that the controls are not there. In many ways, the controls are there but they were not adhered to. If I am reading...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: The follow-on question would be why a third-party agency would be needed to distribute the €196,000. Surely that is why the Arts Council is there in the first instance. I do not understand why one would give €196,000 to a third party to distribute money to grant recipients. If it is a private organisation, it would make money off the back of it. That strikes me as somewhat...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Is the company that received the €196,000 a private interest or a public body? It it an organisation that is funded?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I know. Was it a private company?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: I support Deputy Catherine Murphy's point about putting the national broadband plan on our work programme. On the previous issue, the Chairman stated that we need to get a breakdown of the number of cases.