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- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Was that just advice that the VEC got?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: My point is that if the VEC was paying the best part of €90,000 of that €178,000 for legal costs, was there a settlement alongside that? The VEC was paying for legal advice. Was it only getting legal advice, or was there a particular court case or cases in train? Were there out-of-court settlements with individuals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: They amount to €500.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: When were the settlements made and how much of a settlement was made as the VEC went along? If it was paying that, the total settlement in 2010 was €500, the next year it was €14,800, in 2012 it was €3,000 and in 2013 it was €93,000. Was the €93,000 in 2013 a single settlement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: One individual.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: To one person.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: The VEC could not see that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Fair play to Mr. Owens. The ones who were there before him obviously did not see it. They ran up massive legal costs and in the end they paid the individual concerned €93,300.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: It was not Mr. Owens who paid. It was the Irish people.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Mr. Owens saw the sense of it. It states in the code of practice from the Department of Finance that "where a legal dispute involving the institute arises, every effort should be made to mediate, arbitrate or otherwise before expensive legal costs are incurred". That principle was completely ignored.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: I know Mr. Owens does, but the ones who were there before him did not. That is the point I am making. In how many settlements has a confidentiality clause been inserted?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: After how many years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: We do not know the person. We just want to know-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Is Mr. Owens saying the confidentiality clause was inserted in only one case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Was that confidentiality clause inserted in the €93,000 settlement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: It was. These were people who were employed by the VEC.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Would a clause have been inserted in those agreements stating that they should never seek employment from the VEC again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Why would that be put into it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: There is nothing wrong with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: There is nothing wrong with that.