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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: All I can think of is that incorrect dates have been given, because I never sanctioned or approved - no one would have done it - a trip to Russia or the World Cup. I have never heard of that. I can only say that it must have occurred before I was there because it never happened on my watch. I had banned all first class flights and had not allowed any trips unless they were----- There was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: What was the board's annual trip abroad?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Who decided?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Was Mr. Maloney on those trips?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Why did it happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I am just trying to get the information because the public wants to know who authorised all of this and why was there such a lavish spend. It might inform us as to the culture that existed in that organisation relative to the property development, and the attitude of the board relative to the general activity in the docklands area. When I read the reports I have here, the statements would...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: None of this happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I will send Mr. Maloney this information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: It did appear in the public domain.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: It was based on information received from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. I would like to see Mr. Maloney's comments on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I appreciate it is a while ago, so therefore Mr. Maloney might need to reflect on it. However, it certainly gives the impression that there was a very lavish spend on all sorts of activities, including travel to various locations around the world to determine what best possible site they could model this development on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Fine. I will submit the information to Mr. Maloney and will ask him to respond.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I think that is very important.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: During that time, Mr. Maloney would presumably have signed off on credit card purchases.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Would those trips have been taken without Mr. Maloney's knowledge?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I ask the Deputy to conclude.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Mr. Maloney referred to that a few times. I think it is unfair. We will conclude at that. Can we publish Mr. Maloney’s statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: Would Mr. Maloney make his opening statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: On that, the clerk might include in that the recent response from that Department in which all the questions were not answered and all of the information was not given. He might ask him to kindly give us the information we asked for at that meeting because again, it is running into an extended time frame, which is not acceptable to the committee. On the other issue raised by Deputy Dowds,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)
John McGuinness: I propose that we would get into it immediately but based on the information we get next Thursday, because the meeting is today, we have asked for the list of the non-compliant ones, where they are non-compliant, what is a top-up and so on. When we narrow it down to the numbers we will know exactly what we need to do and we cannot do that until after the meeting today is reported on next...