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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously, there will be cases in which, because of various circumstances, a certain person is taken on. What I really am driving at is the policy - once again it comes to transparency - that all things being equal, priority is being given by the Department to young, unemployed teachers with regard to temporary placements.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have two brief final questions. I refer to the issue of public private partnerships, PPPs, and the Department having in place a work programme. Obviously, as members can see on the ground, there has been a population explosion, particularly among the younger age groups now coming into primary school and, by definition, into the secondary schools thereafter. It has recently been reported...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome Mr. Ó Foghlú. I want to touch on a few issues. Mr. Ó Foghlú provided the committee with an item of correspondence about County Wexford Vocational Education Committee, which effectively is about something that has resulted in the waste of taxpayers' money to the tune of €420,500. It relates to a situation whereby the VEC moved to a new building in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Would it not have been the norm, if it had an exposure for eight years, to ensure it got a long-term lease in place? Even apart from that, the annual rent it was paying on the premises was €67,465. The rent from the sub-let was only €51,000. That is a shortfall of €16,500, and it was looking at an eight year exposure. Even with that there was €131,000 of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did it seek approval?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the average cost of a teacher to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What is the average cost of a special needs assistant, SNA, to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is seven teachers and effectively 12 SNAs. My point is that the Department should be about front-line services. It is not about bricks and mortar unless it is a school. What does Mr. Ó Foghlú propose to do about this issue? Do any similar situations arise within the Department or the VECs? It is an enormous sum of money?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: That does not take inflation into account.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: When inflation is taken into account it is probably over €500,000.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: It was a flawed model from day one.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Education and Skills
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 12 - Contract Management in Education PPP Projects
Financial Accounts 2012 (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, if a VEC is moving premises resulting in a shortfall of the order of €16,500 per annum - a sinking fund - the basic principle, regardless of whether it is approved, is flawed. While I do not know the circumstances, this was in 2006 and the VEC was paying a rent of €67,465. If the VEC could only get €51,000 in rent in July 2006, which was at the peak of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the NAMA report being published this coming Tuesday?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to follow on, Chairman, from what you said on the various agencies. It is important that the Committee of Public Accounts is absolutely consistent in terms of dealing with the various organisations. I welcome the fact that we will do an overall comprehensive review to deal with all agencies and their handling of the public purse.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I see, Chairman, that you have had your Weetabix this morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to make a point on the banking inquiry. This committee has done a significant amount of work, especially with the report produced. That has played a significant role in terms of the framework for the banking inquiry. I wish to acknowledge the great work done by the Committee of Public Accounts under your stewardship, Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: The three banks are essentially Bank of Ireland, AIB and Permanent TSB. What will their anticipated fortunes be after being privatised and removed from the State's balance sheet?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What of AIB?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012 (8 May 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: What of Permanent TSB?