Results 19,921-19,940 of 26,053 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Our role here is to look at the probity of how public money is spent, and Rehab has provided us with a large amount of information which we are trying to assimilate quickly. I would have liked to have received this information yesterday or earlier. The information provides figures regarding the number of grants received in terms of overall income and expenditure from the State. In terms of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Am I correct in saying, therefore, that, overall, the group received €92.572 million from the State and that the overall turnover of the Rehab Group is approximately €183 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, approximately 52% of the overall turnover of the Rehab Group comes from the State.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: That information is not in the public domain. There it is believed to be less than 50%. Based on the fact it is over 50%, the Rehab Group should fall under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it the practice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: The message needs to go out that, in total, capital grants of €92 million of State resources went into Rehab. If we add in capital grants of just under €3 million, almost €96 million of State resources went to the Rehab Group, an amount that is in excess of 50% of the organisation's turnover. Does Mr. Poole agree with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: That information is not in the public domain, but it changes the complexion enormously in terms of the issues that arise. I welcome that the seven staff members of Rehab here have waived their right in terms of disclosure of the level of their salaries. The director of finance, Mr. Poole, receives a salary of €152,667; director of health and social care, €150,000; director of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: What I find interesting is that Ms Kerins appears to have been a director of every company within the Rehab Group. Not only was she a director, she appears to have been the chairperson of those companies. She was chairman of the boards of the National Learning Network, Rehab Care and Rehab Enterprises. The one company of which she is not a director is the Rehab Group.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Poole, as a chartered accountant, is familiar with company law. Is it correct that one is required, under company law, to disclose the director's remuneration in the statutory accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it not ironic that Ms Kerins is paid by the Rehab Group via management charges coming up from various companies, yet Rehab Group is the only company within the group of which she is not a director? How did this come about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Whose salaries among top management, of the seven directors, including Ms Kerins, are paid from the Rehab Group, the parent company?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that a management charge?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: How are the other directors paid? What is the source of that income?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can the witness explain that pool?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: What comes into the top entity? Will Mr. Poole take us through the sources of income? What is the name of the holding company?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the income of the Rehab Group? How much income does it take in per year? People see the Rehab Group as a consolidated group, but can Mr. Poole break down the turnover of that company per year and where that money comes from?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is any of the charitable lotteries fund allocated towards salaries?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Where does that money come from?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the total figure there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that basically the management charge?