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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Regarding Mr. Fraser's particular role, why was the secondment of the staff to this unit which he was charged with setting up not done through the Public Appointments Service? Some people came from within the Department, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: He was headhunted by the Taoiseach, really.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Okay, I am just-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I do not want to use up Mr. Fraser's time because he wants to be out of here by 12 noon. Since the establishment of the unit, the Taoiseach has been much more prominent as the one communicating things. Attention was drawn to childcare, in respect of which there is a Minister with responsibility. Would the unit, the Taoiseach's political adviser or the Civil Service inform the Taoiseach's...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: When the Taoiseach stands up at Leaders' Questions there is a book from which someone, the Chief Whip or whoever else, hands him a reply. Does Mr. Fraser not write those replies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Who does that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Political advisers, then.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Would that have blended into the strategic communications unit, though?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Does any advice come from that to the political adviser?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is obviously the contract. Do we know if the contract has anything in it that requires-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Was there any kind of assessment? There would have been a prior history of the amounts of unclaimed prizes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Did the Department conduct an assessment of that particular component when the contract was being framed? There is only so much money that can be put into advertising these games.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have a question about previous years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I specifically want to ask about the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board because it did not come before the committee. Are its accounts in for this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: For 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The problems with the previous years-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: They are still outstanding.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: The audit has not been completed on those.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Even though the accounts are in.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have a question on this, because we heard about it last week. Some of it is transferred from Revenue.