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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: They said they were not available and that they had appeared before the Public Accounts Committee in the UK and they did not have anything further to add here. That is all they said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: No, it is just that they were not available.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: That is what we are talking about. They would not make themselves available. They did not respond. They basically said they would not be here. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 2 March 2015, from Ms Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland. It is a follow-up from the PAC meeting of 12 February 2015. That correspondence is to be noted and published. No. 3A.2 is correspondence,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We will send the Secretary General the Official Report of the meeting and ask for an immediate response from him on that matter. On No. No. 7, in that correspondence we asked for the unit cost of producing the litre of water. In spite of the fact that it took almost half an A4 page to define no answer was given. I thought that was a simple enough question to determine the cost. As far...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We can put it on the agenda for the next meeting. I think we should discuss No. 4, lapses in controls at Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT. The issues raised there had to do also with Carlow, Cork and Tralee. We should put it on the agenda for our next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: I understand the report has to go to the Minister before it is available to us. We have already agreed to bring back the Department and the HEA and we can ask them to invite in Mr. Kelly to discuss his report. Then, we could perhaps bring into that discussion the report here relating to the WIT and the reports on the other institutes. We are still awaiting the report from the Department on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We do not have a date set for that meeting. If we can find out when the report will be available after the Minister completes her examination of it, we can set an early date for that hearing. We should also write to the Minister again in regard to the report on Cork VEC to ask when it will be laid before the House. No. 3A.5 relates to correspondence dated 11 March 2015 from NAMA...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: I know that in 2008 and 2010 the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform took up this matter. That Department might be a first port of call to see what progress it has made. The committee can look at what action it took to deal with it. Perhaps it might then revisit Deputy Joe Costello's proposal. Correspondence, dated Friday, 6 March 2015, has been received from Ms Eileen Creedon,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The figure represents the cost of vessel lifts. The work to vessels is carried out by contractors, not the harbour. Having said that, on the day the committee visited, it was quite clear that the yard was not operating to its full capability. Contractors are also not being catered for in a way that one would expect to generate further business and prevent business from moving elsewhere....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: Members will have input in the report as a result of our visit that day. I ask that we would pay particular attention to it because it is probably the best example I have seen to date of poor practice and poor commercial insights or poor commercial knowledge on the part of the State.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We will ask for that material. In reply to Deputy Deasy's question, we visited Howth and we have had a hearing with the Department. We will set out what we found and we will make recommendations arising from the input of members. As with other reports we will set out our findings followed by our recommendations. We will have a draft report in a couple of weeks with some recommendations....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The same applies to Killybegs. If there was a collaborative effort and a willingness to co-operate, there might not be the conflicts between the Department and individuals. Perhaps the Minister should reconsider the action being taken by the Department in relation to that particular case. We should make that suggestion to the Minister, in view of his willingness, as mentioned by Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We spoke about that report earlier. It is still with the Minister. We are writing to the Minister to ask for the report to be released. There is no reason it should remain with the Minister for this length of time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: The remainder of the list are all clear audits. We will deal with Dublin Docklands Development Authority later. All these accounts are to be noted. The next item is the committee's work programme which is shown on the screen. The HSE will appear before the committee next week. On 16 April the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources will attend the committee to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We were told there was a confidentiality clause in the deal and that they would not reveal the figure until some set of accounts were ready. That was the issue raised in the media report. Does Mr. McCarthy wish to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: When are the 2014 accounts likely to be available?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: Some of the information will pertain to the accounts. We will check what was said against what is being reported now. Is the work programme agreed? Agreed. Is there any other business?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: There is no reply as of yet. We can send a reminder.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: We can go back and ask.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Mar 2015)

John McGuinness: With regard to correspondence No. 3B.1 on the non-payment of contracts with regard to moneys owed, we will send it to the HSE to alert it to the fact that we will raise it at the meeting next week. The agenda for Thursday, 2 April is, from the appropriation accounts for 2013, Vote 39 - Health Service Executive, Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive. Today we will...