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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Coming from a base of 52, what kind of increase can we expect? Are we talking about hundreds or thousands?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 72 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Regulator (Resumed) (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Why has there been such reluctance to deploy that? Taking on board Mr. Elderfield's generous interpretation as to why there might be so few, if one forgot we were talking about mortgages and laid aside for a moment the financial difficulty our banks are trying to escape, the principle of split mortgages is a very obvious principle when considering difficulty with stressed debt or the...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to make a point on this. I firmly agree with the suggestion and the proposal made by the Vice Chairman that the transcripts be sent to the relevant Departments. A moment ago a member of the committee stated she wants a guarantee there will be no more monkey business from the Administration on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: This is what the Deputy said.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to reiterate very firmly, because this is a crucial issue, that nobody has ever approached me on the operation of the committee or my role on it. This message must go out very clearly from the meeting, otherwise the credibility and role of the committee will be in even graver difficulty than it was when the meeting started.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I want to place very clearly and unambiguously on the record that in my two and a bit years on this committee I have never been contacted by a Government Minister regarding questions I have asked, reports I have sought or any matter I have raised in this committee. I have formed my own opinion on this matter, which I have expressed in this room independent of any member of Government and my...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Vice Chairman and Deputy McGuinness for his contribution. I have a small number of factual questions. On the overtime claimed by Deputy McGuinness's son while working for his father when he was a Minister of State, the rationale put forward was that when a member of staff in the then Minister of State's office took maternity leave the position was left unfilled and this created...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: To be specific, was the post left vacant as a result of maternity leave filled?

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I have a specific question on the vacancy that arose as a result of a person taking maternity leave.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The Chairman answered that question.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That person was not replaced during the period.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: That is fine. My next question is on the operation of the freedom of information request. As many Deputies are aware, if a freedom of information request is made about an individual, that individual must be notified. I checked the Freedom of Information Act this morning and the explanatory memorandum states that this process must be initiated within ten working days of receiving a freedom...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The Chairman was never notified-----

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: We are discussing information that related to the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: A freedom of information request was submitted about the Chairman and he was not notified of that fact.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: In that case, the Chairman was not given an opportunity to review the information that was about to be released about him.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I will restate my understanding of the procedure relating to freedom of information requests related to me or anyone else. I understand that if information is to be released about a person, he or she is made aware of and supplied with the information before it is released. That did not happen in the case of the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Furthermore, the Chairman is not aware of or has not been notified of other requests.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Or anybody else.