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Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: -----but we are not immune to it. We must realise the need to work for a more democratic and social Europe and ensure that is what we get. It is also important to point out that the vast majority of people who live in Ireland want the island of Ireland to stay in the European Union. In recent several months, indeed since the Brexit referendum, people in the North have been very...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: The starting point of any debate on Brexit and this withdrawal agreement for Members of this House is to acknowledge that there is no good Brexit. We have to remind ourselves, as Teachta McDonald has done, that a majority of people in the North voted to stay in the European Union. That has to be the catalyst for us to respond to the needs of people in the North. The majority cross-party...

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Conversations were had between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: That was between yourselves.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise two issues quickly. Has the Comptroller and Auditor General's report into Waterford IT been noted?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Can we note it and place it on our work programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Can we write to RTÉ for an update on the Eversheds Sutherland report and its implementation? It identified a number of staff who possibly were on bogus self-employment contracts. A commitment given in the report was that each of those staff members would be contacted individually to ascertain the status of his or her contract. My understanding is that has not happened in the majority...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Specifically, have the people who were identified been contacted, and if not, why?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: This is a very good example of something we were discussing last week. We will try to ask an Accounting Officer questions on many different issues. I am thinking about JobPath and some of the others. We had those officials in previously and we did not get information. They said they were not in a position to give us information. This is one of those meetings where we need to signal well...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: That is a good option if we need it. When they appeared last time and the JobPath issue was raised, my recollection is that we got the figure for the overall spend. Two companies roll this service out. We got the overall figure but then we were told they could not give the breakdown for each company because then the other company would know. However, the other company would have known...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: It was ridiculous. Those are the types of issues. Do we want to be in that space again next week?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: If it is necessary to go into private session, that is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: There is crossover.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: The Chairman made the point that we might not get through all of these because there are five chapters.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: The point is that we will all come in and touch on bits and pieces of it. How do we know if we have covered them or not? If we are to have two sessions, why would we not break it up and deal with certain chapters on day one? Otherwise we will just touch on stuff and how can we judge whether we have covered it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: However, if we decide to concentrate on specific chapters on one day and do the due diligence on those chapters, and then deal with the other chapters in the next meeting-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Okay; we will get a second run to pick up on issues we might not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Does RAS come through local authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: On the University of Limerick and Waterford Institute of Technology reports, might there be an opportunity to deal with those reports on the same day?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: Before we make a decision on how to approach it, on the report on Waterford IT by the Comptroller and Auditor General, it would be of benefit if we had a sense of the status of the more substantial report to be compiled by the Higher Education Authority, HEA, and the Department. They were awaiting legal advice from the Attorney General in that regard. If the report is months or a year from...