Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a senior official in his Department (details supplied) participated in drafting a portion of the report relating to a proposal to engage private consultants to carry out a financial appraisal of Sligo County Council, which was presented by the Sligo County Manager to a meeting of the county council on the 2 of April 2012; if he agreed/approved the brief and terms of reference for the financial appraisal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the elected members of the county council were not consulted by council management with regard to the brief and terms of reference; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the financial appraisal is fundamentally flawed by virtue of the fact that there is no proposal in the terms of reference for the consultants to examine review or assess the performance and competence of the management of the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30113/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I refer to the replies to Question numbers 864 of 18 April 2012 and 273 of 8 May 2012, and Sligo County Council's decision to engage an independent financial consultant to prepare a report on the financial position of the Council. The report is intended to inform and advise the Council members and management on possible ways forward in dealing with the challenging financial circumstances of the Council. I have already confirmed that my Department was consulted on the terms of reference for the review and I have asked to be provided with a copy of the report when it is complete. I understand that the report is to be submitted to the Council early in July.