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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: -----achieving anything.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: How many reports have been done by this committee that have been sent to the Dáil?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Is that a resource issue? Is it the case that the secretariat simply does not have the resources to do these reports?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: That matter needs to be prioritised because if that is the process or if it was the practice in the past, we are going through the motions here by holding a large number of meetings and discussions. If, at the end of the process, we do not follow up on the matters discussed, there is a problem.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I propose that the committee write to the Oireachtas Commission.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect, the witnesses are here to answer questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect, it is common practice that members, particularly the Chair, can interject and seek clarification. The Chair deserves respect. If a question is put, it should be answered.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Before Mr. Gleeson comes in, from what I have heard so far I find it incredible that there is so much confusion between answers given by witnesses from the same organisation. That sets off alarm bells for me but I will get a chance to come in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: As there is a large team from Bord na gCon present, only some of whom were introduced, I would like to know to whom I am speaking. Will Mr. Meaney introduce everyone who is attending on behalf of his organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: How many members of the board are here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Is that four of six board members in addition to the chairman?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I have no agenda. The job of members is to evaluate materials we are given in preparation for meetings of the committee. We examine annual accounts - we will examine the opening statements made by the Comptroller and Auditor General and Mr. Meaney - and then do research on the organisations involved and the issues raised at our meetings. That is the basis upon which questions are asked. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Meaney is the chairman of the organisation. Somebody has to comment on the performance of the organisation. If Mr. Meaney is not prepared to do so, I will address Dr. Brady. It is not good enough for someone to state before the Committee of Public Accounts that he cannot give an opinion on what happened before his time. Mr. Meaney can give an opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Meaney's opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I was not there either and I have an opinion. I am asking for Mr. Meaney's opinion, as the current chair of the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I remind the witnesses that many of them spent a long time commenting on the actions of the previous board when giving answers. They cannot have it both ways. I am asking Mr. Meaney for his opinion, after which I want to hear Dr. Brady's opinion, on the current and previous boards. In Mr. Meaney's view, were there instances of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect to Mr. Meaney, that is not the question I asked. We know there were problems. As he well knows, problems do not self-generate but are created by people and organisations. Were the problems Mr. Meaney stated he inherited a product of mismanagement, poor decision making, bad judgment or incompetence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I ask Dr. Brady to answer the question and give his opinion. These issues are not funny; they are serious. I am looking for respect from the witnesses. I want them to respect the committee and the work we are doing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What is Dr. Brady's function in Bord na gCon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I know Dr. Brady is the CEO. What is his function as CEO?