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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: Arising from that meeting, members were asked to give some names to the clerk and a meeting would be arranged thereafter, depending on who may have wanted to come forward. We will deal with that next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: We had agreed to invite the committee in. Again, we will just have to check that next week with the clerk. Our next meeting has been agreed as part of our work programme, so we will now turn to today’s business and call in the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: Before we begin, I again remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off all mobile telephones as the interference from them affects the sound quality and broadcast transmission of the meeting. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the committee. If they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I also welcome Ms Jacinta Stewart, chief executive officer, City of Dublin Education and Training Board, and invite her to introduce her officials.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I also welcome Mr. John Burke from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I call on Ms Stewart to make her opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I thank Ms Stewart. Can we publish both statements, please? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: Will you go through those again? There was insourcing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: What was the cost of each?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: No, I mean for each element.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: You said there were four elements.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: There were two contracts for insourcing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: Okay. Both of those were €874,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: What about the outsourcing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: That was €3.6 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: What about the call centre?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: What includes that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: Mr. Ó Foghlú is saying that it is only one of these that refers to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I call Deputy Collins.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)
John McGuinness: I call Deputy Áine Collins.