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- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Who are the internal auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: They must accept it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: I wish to return to the point made by Deputy Deasy. I do not want to labour the point because there are other people waiting to join us. The HEA funds Institutes of Technologies Ireland, IOTI, in the context of the audit of the institutes. My understanding is that Deloitte has won the contract in that regard. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: But, Mr. Boland, you are the boss.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Either you know or you do not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: It is paid for by Mr. Boland's organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Is it for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Is that from the HEA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Sorry?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Who pays Deloitte?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: To where does that money go?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: So, Deloitte wins an overall contract, under broad headings-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: -----and then each institution pays for its services.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Is that for each internal audit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Does GMIT pay directly to Deloitte?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Does the money that GMIT pays to Deloitte come from IOTI?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Does it come from GMIT's fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: So IOTI pays half in respect of the broad framework.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Is it beyond the remit of the HEA or IOTI at that level - or the Department - to request Deloitte to supply all of the results under the various headings? For example, one could say that, according to the accounts, the amount paid by GMIT in respect of travel and subsistence was €727,000 in 2012 and €723,000 in 2013. Under that arrangement, Deloitte would be able to say,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Somebody with oversight of those institutes would be able to ask why something occurred. Out of those audits, as they are compiled and centralised, somebody could also ask why a particular organisation did not lodge details of its accounts with the Comptroller and Auditor General for the past four years. The latter has happened. Someone might be able to ask why an organisation has not...