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

Mary Lou McDonald: I just wanted to clarify that. To return to Ms Kerins, I asked her two specific questions on which we drew a blank. I believe she took up my suggestion that her colleagues check two matters. The first was when I asked to get a sense of the value of the pension pot of her predecessor. The second related to Complete Eco Solutions and my attempt to establish the relationship between Rehab...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it €240,000? That is what Ms Kerins has asked us to believe. I apologise for cutting across.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked a specific question and Ms Kerins gave a clear-cut answer.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: She has stated that, as we speak, her salary is €240,000.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the position.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: What figure does Mr. Purcell have there in terms of hospitality?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that. The reason I raised it is that Ms Kerins mentioned the quite specific amount of €119.28. I presume they did not furnish that level of detail to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Obviously, €700,000 is a substantial proportion of the overall moneys. How would Mr. Purcell regard this figure? It is not insignificant in terms of it-----

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. I am not disputing that for a second.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I will finish on this. I thank the Chair for his forbearance. The Comptroller and Auditor General's key concern related to the profit margin on the lottery scratch cards. A profit of €10,000 was made on card sales of €4 million. Bingo sales of €3.2 million resulted in profits of €548,000. Rehab had gross lottery sales of €7.2 million, but this resulted...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Sure.

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?