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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: We will not wait for it in this instance. We will pursue it arising from this meeting today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: We will read the report and schedule it in our work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: The matter was not raised at a meeting of the committee. Representatives of Irish Water appeared before the committee some time ago. I believe the letter also refers to the Poolbeg incinerator project. Deputy Eoghan Murphy and other Deputies had asked whether the committee could investigate the money spent on the project and sought a report on the issue. We received a report from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: I cannot explain how it arose or the reason the letter was sent to members. The issue is not on our work programme and has not been raised here, although it was mentioned repeatedly in meetings with departmental officials. Representatives of Irish Water appeared before the committee and members of the committee expressed an interest in the role of the Department, Dublin City Council and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: Two issues arise. Representatives of Irish Water should come before the committee and someone should answer questions on the Poolbeg incinerator project. These are two major issues on which there has been considerable public comment. I stated in public my belief that representatives of Irish Water should appear before the committee. I based that on the suggestion by the Secretary General,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: After this meeting, I intend to find out the reason the Houses of the Oireachtas was so anxious to have a letter sent to us on the basis of what Deputy Ross described as tittle-tattle in a newspaper.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers and-or Ministers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 15 October 2014, from Mr. John Treacy, Irish Sports Council. It is a follow up to our meeting on 2 October 2014, to be noted and published. I ask the Clerk to the Committee to check on the correspondence that has been received from Dr. Thomas Reid. We asked that all of the issues he...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: We might again ask about its mediation relating to the item we raised regarding Millstreet. It is still outstanding, and there is no note here as to whether a meeting was set. I am anxious to know if there is a process in place to deal with that, because it is an exposure to the organisation and to the State. No. 3A.2 is correspondence, dated 15 October 2014, received-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.2 is correspondence, dated 15 October 2014, from Mr. Ray Mitchell regarding issues raised at a meeting in June 2014 on procurement. It is to be noted and published. No. 3A.3 is correspondence, dated 17 October 2014, from Mr. Tom O'Mahony, Secretary General of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It is a follow up to our meeting with the Irish Sports Council and is to be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 16 October 2014 agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes? Last week, the Comptroller and Auditor General was asked to provide a note on the number of audits that have been completed within the six-month timeframe recommended in the code of practice for State bodies, and within a 12-month period. We will start the meeting by asking...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: Last week, Deputy Ross commented on bodies publishing unaudited accounts with their annual reports. He raised that matter last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: It concerned bodies publishing unaudited accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: Would the fishery harbours be unique due to the fact that they did not keep proper accounts? That came across last week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: In terms of the audit committee itself in a lot of these places, does Mr. McCarthy get copies of the internal audits?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: Just to conclude on this point, I thought what happened last week was extraordinary because so many items within an audit were ignored. I am not talking about Mr. McCarthy's audit, but their audit in fisheries. Leases were not being put in place and money was not being collected - the basic management of all the harbours. Last week, I asked them to give us a copy of their internal audits...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: They did not just fail in one year. They failed in a number of years.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: The Government has a leadership role. It should insist that the original plan to bring Carlow and Waterford together to form a new university be executed. It is about time that the vested interests, including those in the education sector as well as the Department who probably do not want a university anyway because it would cost money, do what they are told. If the project is good for the...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: -----and does not answer to the Dáil because it is supposed to be separate.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

John McGuinness: I will finish on this point.