Results 2,601-2,620 of 26,705 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: That part of it disappoints me a lot. In big organisations, one sometimes has to take steps to make sure the organisation is moving in the desired direction. It sometimes takes an intervention far greater than just cajoling. I would have thought there would be competition among civil servants to make their Departments the key players or the models to follow. I do not get the impression...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: I see. So therefore-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: I am not going to labour the part any further. There needs to be a step change in that area. I have come to the end of my questions and the areas in which I am interested. Does it take much time for officials to prepare for meetings like these?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: Is it a lot of hassle for people?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: It takes time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: I thank everyone for taking the time to be here and for the questions that have been put and answered. It is an interesting topic. I hope we can get this type of change as quickly as we can. I wish the witnesses well in their work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Moloney very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: That may be the case but is it the structure and the Civil Service actors within that structure that are required for current and future times, because those times have changed considerably as well? I see a huge effort being made in businesses big and small to ensure IT and reporting are up to scratch and that change can happen immediately. You just have to take the HSE, the Department of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: We will commence our discussion on politically exposed persons with the Departments of Finance and Justice. Before we do so, I wish to acknowledge that we agreed the minutes of the joint committee meeting of Wednesday, 21 September 2022, at an earlier private meeting. The format for today's meeting will be that we will have a statement from the Department of Justice after which we can...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: Can I just go back to the beginning on this? I have is no difficulty with the initiatives being taken around anti-money laundering. That is not what I am questioning. I want to understand where all of this stuff comes from. Who established the Financial Action Task Force?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: G7, was it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Politically Exposed Persons: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)
John McGuinness: Ireland bought into that.