10 Márta 2014, 17:29
The Committee of Public Accounts notes the resignation today of Frank Flannery from the board of the Rehab Group. The Committee had written to Rehab earlier today, 10th March, 2014 in relation to a Mr Flannery appearing before it.
Chairman of the Committee John McGuinness TD stated this evening that he expected Mr Flannery to cooperate fully with the Public Accounts Committee and, in that regard, that both Mr Flannery and the members of the board’s remunerations committee will give evidence in the coming weeks.
Deputy McGuinness said: “The evidence that Frank Flannery can give will be central to the examination of the PAC, which commenced on 27th February when the CEO of Rehab and her senior colleagues gave evidence to the Committee. It was clear during that meeting that the witnesses present were not in a position to fully answer the questions of the Members and, therefore, a second opportunity will be available to Rehab to answer questions on areas such as remuneration, the involvement of Rehab with Complete Eco Solutions Limited - a company in which Mr Flannery was a shareholder - and in relation to the expenditure under the charitable lotteries fund.
“The Committee expects to receive a comprehensive set of documentation in the coming days from Rehab and the Committee will consider that documentation at its meeting on Thursday, 13th March.”
Deputy McGuinness outlined that, while he hoped that this documentation will provide answers that could not be provided at the meeting of the 27th February, the issues relating to payment for lobbying and the receipt of hospitality from a developer, which only came into the public domain in the past week, will also now have to be dealt with by the Rehab Group.
“The position of the Committee in respect of Mr Flannery has not changed and, like the former board members at the CRC, I expect that Mr Flannery will want to appear before the Committee to clarify issues in relation to the Rehab Group,” concluded Deputy McGuinness.
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Committee of Public Accounts Membership
John McGuinness (Chairman)
Kieran O’Donnell (Vice Chairman)
Paul J Connaughton,
John Deasy,
Áine Collins
Gerald Nash,
Simon Harris,
Robert Dowds,
Mary Lou McDonald,
Sean Fleming,
Eoghan Murphy,
Derek Nolan,
Shane Ross.