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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Was that a different whistleblower?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Was that the company director?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Who was the other whistleblower?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Who knows about it?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: The SEUPB did not know about that whistleblower. Who knew about the second whistleblower?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Where was that person? Was that another director?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Only a minute ago, Mr. Griffin, you told Deputy Costello that there were two different whistleblowers. Is that not right?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: They were made by the same whistleblower. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: I take it that was the same whistleblower. Did that whistleblower tell the Department that these racks were worth €30,000? If not, who told the Department that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: A director of the company must have had knowledge of the purchase of this type of equipment. He probably knew how much that equipment was purchased for. He told the Department that it was worth €30,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: He told DETI. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: What the Department's report is saying to the committee, and what your answer is telling me, is that rather than relying on that, the Department is relying on the information that Deloitte gave to the Department to the effect that the equipment was worth €1.3 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: You are referring to the company that carried out the report. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: That company has said that the equipment is worth €1.3 million in its report.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: That is gobbledygook to me. Mr. Griffin is telling me that in 2004 it was okay to rely on something, but Deloitte said it made the report on the basis of the information available. On the basis of the information available from the whistleblower the figure was €30,000, so where did Deloitte get the information that gave them the confidence in the figure of €1.3 million?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: There is an industry price list stating the equipment was worth €1.3 million, but a director centrally involved in the case blew the whistle and said the equipment was worth €30,000?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: I am not asking that question. I want to find out what the foundation was for the belief that the value of the equipment was €1.3 million. The next question is the obvious one. Why is there such a difference between the two figures, €30,000 and €1.3 million? Did someone investigate that? Did somebody go further than Deloitte or ASM and go back to the whistleblower to...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: An invoice is not an allegation. Did anyone ask for or see the invoice for the purchase of those racks?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Where, then, did Deloitte get the information it relied on and which gave it comfort to tell the Department and the SEUPB that it was worth €1.3 million? It is very vague. It does not say it is worth €1.3 million but that "on the basis of information available" it is worth €1.3 million. Can Mr. Colgan or Mr. Griffin give me the documentation that will clearly show the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: They gave an estimate based on the information available to them. All I am asking Mr. Colgan to do is to go back to Deloitte and ask them to explain how they arrived at the information on which they based their estimate of €1.3 million. What is the rationale behind it and what paperwork did they use?