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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: HRI wanted to have opportunities for people who had been with the organisation for a long time to leave in a voluntary manner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: That was the essence of the reason for the voluntary scheme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: It was to allow people, on a voluntary basis, to leave the organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: HRI agreed to fund that process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I can understand how there might be a business case for doing that, even beyond purely financial ones.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Was a specific application made to fund a severance payment above the terms?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Does the scheme allow for additional or side payments?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Would HRI be expected to be aware of any additional or side payments made in addition to the scheme that is approved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Surely from a funding and precedent perspective, HRI would also expect to be made aware if additional payments that were not funded by it were being made.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: It was not made aware.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: What does Ms Eade mean when she says not formally?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: There may have been proof----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Ms Eade was not party to it at that point, but there may have been informal conversations between HRI and IHRB as to whether it would be possible to fund this additional payment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: The existence of additional payments in excess of the approved scheme would undermine the overall scheme-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: It could create a precedent. It could create additional funding demands. Other employees coming down the track later could cite it as a precedent, which could lead to a situation where it would have to be funded if it continued as custom and practice for a long period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Loughlin has informed us that a number of parties were informed that the CFO would not be present today. Was Ms Eade informed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: That puts everybody in the room in a difficult situation. Does Ms Eade have any comment on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: To some degree, we are at a disadvantage because we do not know how awful it is and we do not know what is coming down the track. Does this pose a significant challenge for Ms Eade in terms of being able to secure votable public funds in order to fund the IHRB into the future?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is there a possibility that this could include a criminal investigation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (29 Jun 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Is there a possibility that public funds might have been misappropriated?