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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I have some quick questions. I could understand it if there was an outlier among the number of buildings, perhaps because of unclear title issues. The length of time it is taking for the whole group suggests there is some other reason for the delay in getting these buildings into State ownership. In addition to the list that has been promised, can we be given some indication as to when we...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I will do my best. Can I try and capture something that is of concern to me in relation to a number of different things that come together. At the beginning of the meeting we talked about the transfer of properties under the redress scheme and the witness said that following the Comptroller and Auditor General's report progress was accelerated. We then had the universities in and we did...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: When was that put in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: How does the witness account for the fact that as all that information is being received, and it is available on a monthly basis, there would be such a delay in producing accounts, particularly for ETBs that were not amalgamated and where there would not have been that kind of conflict in terms of financial management?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: It appears to be quite pedestrian given the time lags. Let me revert to a previous report of the Comptroller and Auditor General in 2010 which dealt with Kildare Vocational Education Committee. A number of failures were found relating to procurement, ICT, five purchases where there was no evidence of the three quotations being sought. This goes back quite a long time. Of the overall...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Is Mr. Ó Foghlú paying particular attention to any ETBs, following that report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: What resources have been allocated to ensure the boards of the ETBs have the capacity in terms of governance? Is that left to the ETBs themselves?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I am aware of a degree of frustration among some of the members of the Kildare-Wicklow ETB on being free to perform their functions. I think there is an issue in regard to oversight of the financial role because if that oversight is not as it should be there is a sizeable failure of governance.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Would it be normal for board members to be able to discuss matters among themselves or does that have to happen at a board meeting? Where does that fall into governance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Is there a relationship between the Department and various boards of the ETBs? Is there a route for members on an ETB board to express their dissatisfaction to the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I am aware of very significant frustration among some board members on this particular board where they feel frustrated about being able to do their job properly.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: Let me revert to the 2010 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General which states the State injected €20 million into the VEC following the non-completion of the sale of property which was intended to fund the transaction. Was that property subsequently sold and what is the situation in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 26 - Education and Skills - Reform of Education and Training Boards/SOLAS
SOLAS 2016 Financial Statements
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report No. 99 - Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015 (16 Nov 2017) Catherine Murphy: I will leave it at that.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I will be brief. I thank the witnesses for being here today. The City of Dublin ETB assumed responsibility for the SUSI grant system in 2012. What staff complement was provided to it in that regard, including on the financial side?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Prior to that there was a large number of VECs processing third level grant applications, including the City of Dublin VEC. What happened to the staff who carried out that work? Were they transferred to the SUSI unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: In most cases, they would have been redeployed during peak times in terms of the grants.
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Was staff time at Kilkenny and Carlow ETB freed up as a consequence of the ETBs workload being reduced following the centralisation of the grants system?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Am I correct then that the moratorium would have had a lower impact on Kilkenny and Carlow ETB by virtue of the fact that there was staff time freed up?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: In regard to the risk register of the City of Dublin ETB, what are the issues that were primarily identified as needing to be addressed on the financial as opposed to the education side?
- Public Accounts Committee: City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Are circulars from the Department and procurement issues matters for the risk register?