Results 22,121-22,140 of 26,157 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Will you go over the provisioning mechanism again because it is quite significant?
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: There may be higher disposal costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank all of the members for coming today. Do members have any further questions? Can we take it the session is concluded?
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I reiterate I firmly believe in the independence of the committee. Across all political circles, including the Government, this is the case. I suggest we send a transcript of this meeting to the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and deal with it in this fashion. This is reasonable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: This will be done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, we have had many hours of lengthy deliberations. Deputy McGuinness is the Chairman of an independent committee, the Committee of Public Accounts. I put forward a suggestion which is reasonable. We are a cross-party committee and this meeting is in public session. I suggest we send the transcripts to the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise...
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: As Acting Chairman for the day, I agree no one has approached me on how I do my business in terms of this committee or any committee. On this point can we conclude?
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: The details are to follow.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: This gives us some information-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy McGuinness has no further details.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Further details will follow.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is great. We will await the information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will finish on this point. It seems unusual to have someone in a full-time post who basically took on another post which appears to be another full-time post. It was one person doing two full-time posts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do not have another question. During the first session we dealt with the matters at hand and we veered into other areas in the second session. As a Government party Deputy, I agree with my colleagues that I greatly value the independence of the Committee of Public Accounts. I think I speak for all members in saying that regardless of who appears before us, we are robust in our...
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, assurances in terms of the London trip.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: You are a valued one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: When the Chairman replies in his closing statement, I ask him to deal with the matter of coming back to the committee with the information on the London trip. I have one final question on his son taking on the maternity leave cover role. Would it be the norm that the Minister would decide who would take up a maternity leave position? Did he make the decision and what would be the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: At what level was the person who went on maternity leave?
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: She was employed by the Oireachtas in Deputy McGuinness's constituency.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
Kieran O'Donnell: She was employed originally through the Oireachtas. Did Deputy McGuinness employ her like any normal secretary? Was she his secretary or personal assistant?