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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Is it agreed to take up the invitation after we compile the information we need? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We can ask for one. No. 3B.4 is correspondence, dated 21 January 2015, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, regarding the transfer of properties under the 2002 indemnity agreement. The correspondence is to be noted.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: There was also a cash commitment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: No. 3B.5 is correspondence on the upgrade of HSE staff in the south east. The correspondence is to be noted and published. No. 3B.6 is correspondence, dated 22 January 2015, from Mr. Noel Waters, Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, regarding St. Paul's Medical Aid Society. The correspondence is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Michael Keane who raised the issue....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: On the cost of the investigation into Mr. Bailey, does this refer to the Garda investigation only or is it also part of what the Chief State Solicitor's office was doing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Is that acceptable in such large cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We should highlight that in a case such as the Ian Bailey investigation which is complex and has extended over a number of years some indicative costings should be available for everything that has happened. It is important in managing finances to have a graph or an information chart showing how much an investigation has cost. It is not especially difficult to do this and companies will do...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Given the degree of scrutiny to which applicants are subject to obtain a grant from Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, and the hassle involved in terms of bureaucracy, it is staggering that this has occurred. It shows a complete lack of proper administration procedures.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We will ask for a note from the Department and from the ETB on this matter and bring it to the attention of members when it comes in. The second issue relates to the Law Reform Commission and the expenditure of €531,000 on rent and associated costs relating to unoccupied offices. Some €103,000 of this expenditure relates to 2013. We will ask the OPW for information on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: For what?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: It is an unoccupied building.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: There is a letter dated 7 March 2013 that relates to this. We will circulate it to members again. We will note those accounts and take issue with the different bodies on the queries raised. On the work programme, we are setting a date for the hearing with the SIU. That is in train from the last meeting. Next week's meeting relates to Vote 25, the Department of the Environment,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We should send it a letter reminding it of the issues outstanding. Are we happy with the work programme? Are we agreed on next week's meeting? Agreed. Is there any other business? There is no other business. We will ask the witnesses to take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: Which one?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: I ask the clerk to respond.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jan 2015)
John McGuinness: We will get an up-to-date note.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015) John McGuinness: We will now deal with Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, chapter 9 - accounting for National Gallery of Ireland expenditure, and the 2012 and 2013 financial statements of the National Library of Ireland. Before we begin our proceedings I remind members, witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound...
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015) John McGuinness: We are also joined by Mr. Sean Rainbird, director of the National Gallery of Ireland, and the acting director of the National Library of Ireland, Ms Catherine Fahy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015) John McGuinness: Also present is Mr. Dermot Quigley from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Vote 33 - Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Chapter 9 - Accounting for National Gallery of Ireland Expenditure
Financial Statements of the National Library 2012 and 2013 (29 Jan 2015) John McGuinness: You said you were unable to establish whether the library had obtained the required sanction.