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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: The situation is that the chief executive was really in a position to spend what he liked, when he liked, without challenge. That is the reality. A few things might have been said but nothing ever went any further.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: That is an absolutely extraordinary situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Dr. Neavyn is new to the position. Where does he think the main failing lies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: How much is involved in total? I am sorry for interrupting Dr. Neavyn. I know he cannot talk about the details of the case he is taking but how much is he looking to be reimbursed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Is that the total?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: To get back to the other question, where does Dr. Neavyn feel the main failing lies? He has looked at the issue for a couple of years.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: If the president is behaving in a certain way, there are Government checks on him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Perhaps I am wrong, but these items of expenditure are noticeable. They are not things one could overlook. If people are flying around the world first class or taking private jets here, there and everywhere or doing all manner of things which are documented, as one of my colleagues suggested, everybody must have known about it, not just members of staff but members of the board. Whereas,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: How many members are on the governing body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: It is not a pretty top-heavy governing body?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Especially given that they did not know what the chief executive was doing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: It is quite extraordinary. Did the president seek a second term?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: What happened to dissuade him?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Does Dr. Neavyn have any idea of the reason?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: No. I can understand that. What age is the president?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: But he was not of retirement age.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: We can find out. He applied-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: It would be interesting to know the formal reason. Could Dr. Neavyn help me with another point? Who are Martin and Eleanor Power?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: Are they the ones who got €29,000?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)
Shane Ross: This is my final question to Dr. Neavyn on the extraordinary laxity in oversight of expenditure. The question is perhaps more correctly directed to Mr. Ó Foghlú and Mr. Boland. Are they aware or has anyone brought anything similar to their attention? Are they dealing with similar queries in any of the other third level educational institutions?