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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: What is the Deputy requesting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: One cannot embarrass it; I found that out myself.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: The total sum is €50.14 million. Maybe we should go back to the Department as an exercise and ascertain how the decision was arrived at, who took the decisions and how the matter was analysed. The Deputy asked whether someone will be sanctioned over this. It is a reasonable question and the Department should be asked how this happened. We should ask whether it was politically...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Perhaps we will invite the parties that were involved in this from the start to this point and perhaps the inter-departmental group, because they might be able to answer some of the questions both you and Deputy Costello have put this morning. We will try to set an early date for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: We can discuss the progress of that report when they appear before the committee, and perhaps have an input into it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: It might help us-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: They might help us to cope with the other white elephants that are stomping around and give us an indication as to how we deal with them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: We could put them all out there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: No. 3B.5 is correspondence dated 9 February 2015 from an anonymous source re regrading of staff in the HSE. It is to be noted and published. We will ask the HSE to include this matter in the review it has commenced of the regrading of staff. We might ask the HSE for a note on the issues that were raised publicly about the over-payments in respect of staffing. No. 3C is documents and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: Turning to the work programme, Deputy McDonald has raised a question regarding the Revenue Commissioners and the recent controversy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: That is the proposal, that we seek the information and make a decision arising from that. They have to make clear to us the number of account holders, the number investigated by the Revenue Commissioners for suspicion of tax evasion, the number who have been prosecuted, the settlements and the amount involved, including penalties, the resources that were dedicated to examine HSBC and include...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: I will ask the clerk to note the Deputy's suggestion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: For the purposes of clarification, we had a discussion last week about a trust in regard to a particular college.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: It has said that it is not taxpayers' money that was put into the foundation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)
John McGuinness: The work programme is on the screen. Our next meeting will be 26 February and we will deal with Vote 13 - Office of Public Works and chapter 4. Are these agreed? Agreed. We will ask the witnesses to attend.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Today we are to examine the 2013 financial statements of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland. Before we begin the meeting I ask members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to please turn off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: It is not Mr. Shanahan's first time before the PAC but it is his first time to appear in his current role.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: I invite Ms Sinnamon to please introduce her officials.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: This is Ms Sinnamon's first time before the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015) John McGuinness: Members should treat the witnesses kindly or test them as best they can. I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.