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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: What was it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: It was in breach of the-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: That the individual concerned had actually-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: -----signed off on.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: There were terms in place for all other members and staff or the board, but the former CEO received above and beyond them. We need to know why that happened. We have no understanding of it as yet, and we need to find out. This is a body that is 100% publicly-funded. It is funded by Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, via the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is a strange...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: For sure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Just to remind members, in May 2021, the then CEO of the IHRB announced to all members of staff that there was an early retirement and voluntary redundancy scheme available. Between 11 May and 11 June he himself applied for early retirement, but on 11 June, one month after the rest of the organisation were informed of the terms, a formal agreement was concluded providing for the termination...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Other heads of State boards earn less than the €141,000 this gentleman was given, on top of the scheme he should have applied for, on an annual basis. I cannot understand how the Accounting Officer of a Department, which, through a convoluted process, gives money to a body that represents 100% of that body's funding, can just sit back and accept that this is something it has done.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: It is also about who is going to be accountable. This is the usual craic we get in this committee where we are told the person is gone and there is nothing we can do. We cannot call him in and whoever comes before us says it was the previous board or CEO who agreed these terms. It is the public who are after handing over this exit package of almost €400,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: We should put it back.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: This letter is entirely unacceptable. This relates to a number of questions, but there was one particular question I asked, which was on the numbers of people who were affected by sections 28 and 29, if I am correct, and the disability services accommodation. We had asked for this in a number of engagements with the HSE. I remind members that on 2 February, I asked specific questions in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Could I suggest, if this is agreeable to members, that when we write to seek this information, we put them on standby for the meeting following the Easter recess.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: They are depending on us being busy. When is the next available slot?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Who do we have the first week after Easter?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: So we have hostile witnesses for two weeks. I was looking on the basis that we might have an organisation that might be willing to facilitate us in this instance. Could we organise a special meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Does the Cathaoirleach see that there is an issue here, particularly with the HSE and anything to do with the health services? Every question that is put to officials, they run down the clock. When we follow up with correspondence, they take a long time to come back. Then they deploy delaying practices. Oftentimes, they answer questions that they were not asked, and they bombard the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: Okay, we should do that, but that does not mean that we are saying that the committee is willing to wait until May.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: We asked for this information on 2 February. On 9 February, to avoid having to answer the questions, the Secretary General said we would get the information next week. It was a week into a two-week process at that point. If it was clear that this was going to take a long period, it would have been evident at that stage.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: I am wary about leaving these guys until May because----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Matt Carthy: If the Cathaoirleach recalls the questions that were included-----