Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

10:00 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Yes. Item 3 is correspondence received since our meeting on Thursday, 5 January 2015. There is correspondence from Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, CEO of St. James’s Hospital, regarding allowances paid to senior hospital staff. It is to be noted and published.

There is correspondence dated 12 December 2014 from Mr. Harry Lawlor regarding Shannon Development, units 6 and 7, County Limerick. It is to be noted that there is clearly contradictory evidence being given to the committee. At this stage, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation should be asked to review the complaints made by HL Commodity Foods and provide a note to the committee on the matter. I had understood when we raised this at the previous meeting, with Shannon Development, that it was to come back to us with a complete breakdown of exactly what transpired between all the parties concerned. We asked those concerned for a response to the issues raised, particularly the very worrying issues raised by HL Commodity Foods.