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- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: My understanding is this was obviously a fundraising lunch and I am not reflecting on the charity in any way
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Perhaps he might help us. If Mr. Kelly will tell us how that was invoiced in the past and had no connection with Astus, his story stacks up. If there is a previous invoice, and Mr. Kelly told somebody to invoice Astus for the charity lunch held, then the story does not. I do not have the facts before me; I am just asking the question.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: RTÉ told the charity to invoice Astus. Mr. Kelly did not know Astus was invoiced.
- Public Accounts Committee: RTÉ Commercial Arrangements: Mr. Ryan Tubridy and Mr. Noel Kelly (11 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I am taking it that Mr. Kelly accepts those are the facts in this situation.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: The Ceann Comhairle got in ahead of me. I was going to make the same point but it comes with more force-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: When the point is made from the Chair, it is more helpful. I ask the Minister of State to reflect on that. I take his comments in the tone they are made because what they are essentially saying is that often in Ireland we do not devolve enough responsibility to local authorities and that we do not give them the powers to pursue it. What he said is that this is a matter for both the...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authorities (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: As a Government TD who has supported housing, I welcome the 69 new units which will be developed in Cappaghfinn and launched by Fingal County Council very soon. The real regret is that in order for anyone to access that estate, for the cathaoirleach of Fingal County Council to cut the ribbon or for me to attend the opening ceremony or indeed for many of the families to enter the estate and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being here today. I just want to put the questions asked by committee members to date in context. I think the witnesses have been very open in the way they have answered the questions. The difficulty is that some of the responses have elicited more questions. It is only right that members of the committee have an opportunity to follow up on those questions. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: To be fair I am asking Mr. O’Donnell the question directly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O'Donnell should not use Ms Bradley's words to answer his question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O’Donnell said earlier to Deputy Devlin that he contested the word "sinister" - I accept his right to do that so bear with me - and that if this was sinister he would not have asked for it. Did Mr. O’Donnell ask for it, or not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: That is fair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: I am removing Mr. O’Donnell from the initial timeline of how it was initiated. What came across Ms Bradley’s desk, what made her consider possibly changing the contract of the CEO and his place of work?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Was that a formal strategy or was that just a-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Ms Bradley had a formal strategy to implement more diversified locations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Okay. When Ms Bradley made the change or proposed the change, she obviously realised that would have an impact on cost for travel and subsistence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: The difference was, and as a HR director she would know this, that travel and subsistence is paid from one’s place of employment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: Mr. O’Donnell could have worked in Timbuktu or Reykjavík or anywhere. The point is that changing the place of employment of the contract is a very specific thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: What made Ms Bradley consider that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: Inland Fisheries Ireland (6 Jul 2023)
Paul McAuliffe: That leads to a follow-on question of whether anybody else's base was changed?