Results 18,121-18,140 of 26,430 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am looking at a loss relating to food and beverages and losses on the part of Galway Greyhound Stadium limited, the Kingdom Greyhound Racing Company limited, Limerick Greyhound Racing Track limited, Waterford Greyhound Race Company (1953) limited, Youghal Greyhound Race Company limited and Mullingar Greyhound Racing Company limited One of the only profit-making companies is the one that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Is it making a loss or a profit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Mr. Meaney whether it was making a loss or profit? Mr. Meaney is talking about two venues. I am looking at the annual report for 2015 in respect of Shelbourne Park and Harold's Cross.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: I accept it is Mr. Meaney's view that this made commercial sense and he is giving his justification. Mr. Meaney's justification is that it does not make commercial sense to have Shelbourne and Harold's Cross operating so close to each other.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: That is irrelevant. Let me put the question, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: If I can put the question, please, Mr. Meaney. If he can show a bit of patience please, I will make my point. I put to Mr. Meaney - I am only working off the 2015 accounts - that what I see is a very significant profit for Shelbourne and a very significant profit for Harold's Cross. How can Mr. Meaney reconcile very significant profits being made by the two tracks with his statement that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Meaney can take up all the time in the world he wants to answer the question now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Does Mr. Meaney understand how the Committee of Public Accounts works? Does he understand what our function is here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Can Mr. Meaney give me his understanding of that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Meaney is the chairperson of an organisation that is funded through the taxpayer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: When Mr. Meaney is asked a question - I do not want to hear from any witness who comes before the Committee of Public Accounts that he or she will be brief because there is no point in being anything else - he is here as the chair of an organisation that is funded by taxpayers' money to answer questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Mr. Meaney can have as much time as he possibly needs. At times there will be a need for us to interject, but Mr. Meaney has as much time as he needs. Mr. Meaney and his colleagues needs to understand they are here to answer questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Obviously, we will not agree on the commercial viability of both Shelbourne and Harold's Cross. I am only putting on the record the figures for both and the profit that both made, and then people can make up their own minds. What I am interested in then is the decision by the Department of Education and Skills to buy the property in the first place, and also that Dr. Brady, when asked...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Will I repeat the question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Why is Dr. Brady not in a position to tell us how much the organisation will be getting from the Department of Education and Skills?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: What has been in the public domain is €15 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Can Dr. Brady verify that, one way or the other?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Was it sold on the open market?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)
David Cullinane: Was there an open market sale? The answer is "No".