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Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
Okay—we are getting there. Those people all got a week’s money.
Let me ask about Mr Petticrew—I am sorry; I mean Mr Tydeman. I will ask you a question, Mr Petticrew, but we will come on to that.
Mr Tydeman was sacked last March for what were described as “performance issues”. That is all that we have been told so far. Mr Miller, you were the man who did the deed. What were those performance issues?
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
I am going to stop you there, Mr Miller—that is waffle. I am asking you both a simple question: has the Glen Rosa been further delayed and is there an increase in costs? That is a simple question.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
You do not know.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
You just said that you did know.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
That is interesting and useful information. It sheds a bit of light on why you got rid of Mr Tydeman.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
I am glad that you have had the opportunity to say that, because it is good to hear somebody speak with such passion about what they do.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
Good morning, gents. I want to go back to something that the convener was asking about: the publication of board minutes. Mr Dishon, is it normal practice to publish sets of board minutes en bloc, as you appear to be about to do?
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
I often try the patience of the convener.
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
I will ask you about him in a minute.
There has also been coverage of a report called the accountability report, which is in your name, Mr Dishon. [Interruption.] We are still getting some feedback—perhaps that could be sorted out.
The report says that, during 2023-24, seven staff were dismissed for different reasons, which included poor performance and the yard’s
“zero tolerance approach to alcohol and drugs”,
and that all seven staff members received exit packages
“in line with their contractual requirements”.
To me, that reads as though people were dismissed because they breached the company’s policy on drug and alcohol use. Is that correct?
Public Audit Committee [Draft]
Meeting date: 5 February 2025
Graham Simpson
Do you know, Mr Miller?