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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Why do you think you got €2.6 million? One would imagine such a sum would have been reserved for the best child in the class in terms of performance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: You did not ask for it. Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: What do you think about that, Mr. Gleeson?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Who made that decision? Was it a political decision or in-house?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Mr. Ryan is in the same category as Mr. Murnane who does not have answers to some of the questions he was asked.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Would Mr. Ryan find out what official dealt with that strategic plan in 2006 and 2007? Who signed off on that plan? Was it tested in any way, given the background, from Mr. Dalton’s report right through to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report? Who tested it and who signed off on the plan? He might be able to tell us, and he should feel free to do so, whether it was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Yes. Will Mr. Ryan do that for me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Why?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: No endeavour. I am asking for the information. If Mr. Ryan or the Revenue Commissioners asked me for my accounts from 2007, I would have to produce them. I am asking Mr. Ryan, on behalf of the taxpayer, to produce his analysis of that strategic plan, which allowed an organisation double its borrowings. That is all I want. The Department has a responsibility to answer that question. It...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: That was during Mr. Nealon’s term of employment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: What audit committee was present at that point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: The board either had an internal audit committee that has a function or, as Ms Larkin has said, it could outsource it. What was the structure at that time within the internal audit? Was there an audit committee or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Who was on the internal audit committee during that time? Who made the decisions on the audit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Can somebody find out for us who was on the audit committee at that time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Is it normal for good governance that board members would be members of the audit committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Who had?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: I hope there are no taxpayers watching this committee meeting this morning. Bord na gCon gets almost €11 million a year of taxpayers’ money and while this is historical stuff it has to be based on something in the past in order to move into the future but from the Department right down questions are not being answered in any way that would give confidence to those taxpayers...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Deputy Connaughton just asked about the risk officer. Indecon understands that during its review Bord na gCon indicated that it was proposing to appoint a risk officer and said it should take place with immediate effect. It added that at all times a board should ensure that an experienced risk officer and an effective internal audit function are in place. Mr. Meaney is giving his version...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: Did not all of this happen during Mr. Nealon’s time? I am not blaming him, I am just asking the question. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 86 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Bord na gCon (27 Nov 2014)
John McGuinness: The point I am making is that he was there during the course of the historical stuff we are talking about. The board then decided in October 2013 that it wanted to extend his time. He is referred to in the correspondence as being a transformational character. I am trying to marry up all of that presentation of his qualities to the Department and whether they shone through in the previous...