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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: What of the information that we sought and have yet to receive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Can I just ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I will make one brief point. I am assuming that we have no power of sanction over an Accounting Officer. If he or she is not co-operating with us or giving us information, is it simply that we note it in a report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: It is interesting that the language Mr. Niall Kelly, head of internal audit, used when he was in before was of a pattern of withholding information and non-co-operation with him. I am afraid that we are experiencing the same problem here. It has to be noted that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: Having said that, we are still getting it very late in the day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: I think it should be noted that we are a long time into this issue. The Committee on Justice and Equality has dealt with the issue already. At that point, it was expected that there would be answers to questions. Here we are months later. We had scheduled the meeting but the report is still not complete, which means that the public still does not have answers to those questions as to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: That is the point. It will be during the recess. Before the Committee of Public Accounts or any other committee looks at it, it will be-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: -----September or October.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
David Cullinane: It is very convenient.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: I will come to Mr. Derek Moran first. Can we have short and sharp answers from him, if he can, because we are working to a clock today? If I can start with the GNI*, gross national income (Star), Mr. Moran said it gives a more accurate picture of the market value of goods and services in this State and is more reliable than GDP, gross domestic product? Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: Is it more reliable than GDP?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: Does that mean then that GDP has proved to be an unreliable measurement in this State?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: We are focused on this State.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: Mr. Derek Moran said GDP is still used for the purposes of reporting to international bodies. Is it correct then that GNI* would not be the measurement that would be used but GDP instead?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: However, it is more than that. Is GDP not what is used to calculate the fiscal rules? For example, I assume the debt-to-GDP ratio, which Mr. John McCarthy went through, still uses GDP and not GNI*.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: Are we then essentially calculating the implementation of rules based on unreliable measurements? Will Mr. John McCarthy answer that question?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: Mr. Derek Moran told us we were not unusual. He said this was a phenomenon not unusual for Ireland. Is Mr. John McCarthy now saying it is unique?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: The extent of it is more unique.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015 (6 Jul 2017) David Cullinane: That is a bit different from what Mr. Derek Moran said earlier.