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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Must we establish from the DDDA the running deficit? We should do so before visiting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: That is tax forgone on investment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers or Ministers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 16 March 2015, from Mr. Dermot Quigley of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It is a follow-up from our meeting with the Office of Public Works and it is to be noted and published. No. 3A.2 is correspondence dated 25 March 2015 from the HSE regarding a value for money report in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Okay. For the moment we can note all of these accounts. We will move onto our work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: The clerk informs me that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has said that the meeting has been arranged. I want to express some concern about that. At that meeting it was stated quite clearly that we wanted the meeting to be held as soon as possible. It was also asked that the members here be informed of that meeting. From the papers I have received to date, I received no...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: I do not think it is okay, actually. That meeting was agreed. It is typical of Departments, when they come before us, to say they will do something and then go away and not do it. It is simply unacceptable, when one is dealing with people who are in business and who take risks every day to help the economy through their taxes and everything else, that they are ignored like this. I find it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: I understand there may be an issue in dealing with a specific case. At the last meeting we had agreed that we would invite the Office of the Chief State Solicitor and the Courts Service to deal generally with how they approach cases and what information is available. I would like to see that meeting held as soon as possible. We suggested that even if we had to schedule another meeting we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Apr 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes. We can move on to the agenda for next Thursday, 23 April, which is the 2013 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Vote 39 - Health Service Executive, and Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive. That is next week's business. There are a lot of issues in the context of that particular hearing. Members may want to set time aside next Thursday...

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: Today we will examine the report on the Bytel project, which was jointly carried out by the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General here. We had a meeting in Stormont on this and we dealt with it there. The report has been published. Before we begin the hearing, I want to remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off...

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: Mr. McCarthy can make his opening statement.

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 thank Mr. McCarthy, and invite Mr. Griffin to give his opening statement.

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: May we publish Mr. Griffin's statement?

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 invite Mr. Colgan to make his opening statement.

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: May we publish Mr. Colgan's statement?

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: Did anyone get sacked, demoted or sanctioned in any way?

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: We have just lost €2.3 million of taxpayers' money.

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 because the whistleblower came on the scene. A whistleblower to which the Department did not listen.

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 Department did listen to him.

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 will conclude on this point before I call Deputy O'Donovan. Where are the racks now?

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 owns them?