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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: I will bring that to the attention of Mr. Owens. I have the details here. I do not know whether he has seen correspondence from Mr. Hugh Rance.
- 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 got it today.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Okay, so Mr. Owens has not spoken to him.
- 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 be fair about this, we will pass on the information and ask for a comprehensive response to all the issues raised because a significant number of issues have been raised and they are relevant to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. I dealt with the human cost earlier, which he deals with here, and then further investigation and recommendations are suggested. I would like to seek...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Deputy Perry, it is probably something we can look at in the context of the recommendation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: This is a non-money issue but it was reported back on 29 October 2012 that there was a case taken under the Sex Offenders Act 2001. I presume that, arising from that, all the appropriate safeguards have been put in place relative to the legislation.
- 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 also presume that issue has been dealt with.
- 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 mentioned earlier that somebody had written to the committee. I will clarify that. Apparently, Mr. Frank Fox, of the Department of Education and Skills, has the spreadsheet in respect of the queries that have been raised. It has been pointed out that some of these are legal matters but they are not raised or considered to be of issue legally in terms of the person who raised them. Will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: That is fine.
- 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 has been mentioned. We say these things in a committee and it is often a worthwhile vehicle for the witnesses to put out their information and correct an issue.
- 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 Evening Echoreported that €438,960 was paid for member expenses on education and training boards. I presume that is a national figure. Somebody might inquire into that and let us have details. It is reported in the local media.
- 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 the other figure a national figure?
- 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 Committee of Public Accounts would certainly be interested in a breakdown of the figure currently being reported of €438,960. Were new terms of reference issued to the audit unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Will those terms of reference limit the work of the auditors? Does it change in any way the range of work that can be carried out by the auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: So the range of their work will not be interfered with?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: As he signs over the work to them and they carry out the work, is the range of the work that they are able to undertake as auditors scaled down or restricted? Are they prevented in any way from doing their work as they did it before?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Will that be made clear to the auditors?
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: Will the witness ensure that message goes down the line? It would be very important, arising from today's hearing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 89
Internal Control in County Cork Vocational Education Committee (9 Jul 2015) John McGuinness: May we have a copy of 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: I thank the witnesses for attending. There are a number of issues that I have not touched but I will try to detail them with the clerk and send them to Mr. Ó Foghlú and Mr. Owens to get comprehensive answers to each of the issues yet to be addressed. I thank Mr. Owens for being so frank with his replies and his efforts in the normal course of life to resolve the matters that must...