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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are aware of that.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Ms Kerins talk us through the relationship between Rehab and Complete Eco Solutions Limited? I understand it relates to the coffin business.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In what year did Rehab Group decide to try out the coffin making enterprise?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Perhaps in the course of this meeting, one of Ms Kerins' colleagues could check the year with Rehab Group head office. I am sure the matter could be established quite easily. Complete Eco Solutions Limited set up shop in 2009. As I understood the turn of events, Rehab initially imported materials for the construction of these coffins directly from China and that afterwards, Complete Eco...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does Ms Kerins refute that?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is Ms Kerins stating that at no stage, and there is no paper trail to confirm that materials from China came to Rehab via this agent or third party?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is what I said.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does Ms Kerins have a means of confirming that?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would it be too ambitious to suggest that Ms Kerins would confirm that during the course of this meeting? I am sure one of Ms Kerins' colleagues could step out and contact somebody at head office.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is Ms Kerins uncomfortable with the idea of family members and people close to her having a commercial relationship with Rehab, given her position? Does it cause Ms Kerins to worry?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am referring specifically to a commercial transactional relationship, not voluntary effort.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: How long did it go on for?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Were any other family members of Ms Kerins involved in this enterprise or any other commercial venture?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. Does Ms Kerins have any further detail than that?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: When did it cease?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: It only became operational in 2009. By the way Complete Eco Solutions Limited is still operational to this day.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you, Chairman. I wish to put a question to Ms Kerins on her earlier contribution this morning on the Rehab lottery. Ms Kerins disputes the audit claim that €700,000 was spent on communications, publicity and so on. Ms Kerins stated that the funds were not used for lobbying but for advocacy work with clients. Will Ms Kerins tell me in the simplest terms she can muster what...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not detracting for a moment from the value of that kind of work but €700,000 is a great deal of money. Will Mr. Purcell comment on that issue and on the audit itself and the level of co-operation by Rehab with the audit process?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like Mr. Purcell to comment on the audit that he produced; on whether in his assessment, Rehab co-operated with the process; and on the level of expenditure on marketing, communications, hospitality or advocacy, as Ms Kerins claims?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: So €288,000, according to Ms Kerins' reckoning, is the market rate for her job.