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- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Well, then the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Is Mr. Pollock telling me that essentially what happened here is the business services team was appointed and off it went and there was not much engagement with it?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: What volume of paperwork is available to Mr. Pollock and, therefore, through him to us in the context of the activities at the time of the board or whoever else was involved and the business services team?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Can we have those?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: I refer to where we are now in terms of a review. At the outset, Mr. Pollock stated, "The Comptroller and Auditor General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the HSE, as funder, were in agreement with the approach taken by the development board and the Department confirmed to the development board that it had no objection to the write-down in the development board’s 2013...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Does Mr. O'Brien believe that review could be undertaken quickly? What is the process for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: That is the broader recommendation. However, for the specific purpose of us continuing to look at this, is it okay for you, Mr. O'Brien, to tell Ms Duffy to go ahead and do the review?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: There you go.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: That would include the issue of who decided what, in terms of the services team and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: I have some questions about the accounts. In 2012 legal expenses were €242,408 and in 2013, €133,000. Will Mr. Pollock comment on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: No. They were €242,408 in 2012-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: -----while in 2013 they were €133,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: What happened in 2012 when they were €242,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: That was in 2012.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: It was related to the termination of their contracts.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: When the contracts were terminated, did compensation have to be paid-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: -----or was it just a matter of terminating the contracts?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: There was a carryover into 2013.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: The figure for other professional fees in 2012 was €31,149, while in 2013 it was €137,727. I presume there was a ramping up in their use.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board Fund: Finance Statements 2013 (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: I am sure that explains the bigger part of it. There is a figure for financial support of €78,000 in 2013.