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- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: Very defensive.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: Hang on a second here.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: The Minister has accused me of being a person who does not tell the truth. I am asking him to withdraw that remark.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: With respect, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: -----the Minister has made an accusation in this House that I am somebody who does not tell the truth. I am asking him to withdraw that.
- National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: In the first instance I commend the rural Deputies for tabling this motion. As other speakers said, it has given us the opportunity to have this important debate. I want to acknowledge the Minister's contribution and the commitments contained therein, some of which I welcome. I fully understand that where the hospital is located is important. It is important to me, the Minister and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: Has the committee received correspondence from any of the whistleblowers since the previous meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: Will members receive copies of it in advance of tomorrow's meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: I agree with almost everything the Chairman said. I have no desire to establish a parallel investigation into this matter. We all accept that a commission will be established and should do its work. Our only interest in having Mr. O'Brien before the committee last week was to have him clarify comments he made during his previous appearance. The Chairman gave one example where that was not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: The Chairman might recall that I raised substantial questions at the meeting with the Secretary General from the Department of Education and Skills. It was acknowledged at that meeting that there is an internal review under way in Waterford IT in regard to conflicts of interest which include the president of the institute. The Secretary General was at pains to point out that the president...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: My understanding is that there are two issues of governance. There is a national protocol and then there is the policy of the institute. From my reading of it there seems to be further confusion around potential conflicts of interest regarding the policy of the institute, which I will put to the witnesses on the day. The Department has oversight of the national protocol, and potentially...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: I certainly can, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: The Chairman can appreciate the point I am making. I try to put reasonable questions, but it is easy to say that a question should be addressed to someone else who is not in the room. I do not want to be in that position next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: In the past when the institutes were before PAC, the head of the HEA and the Secretary General were also present for all the meetings.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: To be clear, because it is referenced as an individual here, I have alleged no wrongdoing whatsoever here by any individual. My only concern is the protection of the interests of the institute in the first instance, and whether the policy itself is being adhered to and whether it is robust enough. I want to put that on the record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: The sectoral issue will deal with the administrative issue here, and that is fair enough. We have a responsibility for value for money and costs. It is being reported that there will be a very significant cost attached to this error, and the Accounting Officer needs to be held to account. There is much focus on the Minister and the Commissioner, but the Accounting Officer of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: That is the Accounting Officer. It is whoever is the Accounting Officer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: If it does not know, it is all the more reason it should be here, because it is an opportunity for us to ask why it does not know and also what it need to be looking at.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: If that is the Deputy's position-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)
David Cullinane: People can have whatever view they want individually. I am expressing my view. I am saying that on previous issues of this magnitude, to be fair in terms of consistency, the Garda Commissioner and the Secretary General of the Department came before the committee because there is a cost. If we do not know what the cost is, it is our job to find out. Whether they have the material there is...