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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand, but Mr. Fraser had the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to split hairs here, but the Taoiseach obviously has responsibility across all Departments. As a result, when something unique like this happens, is there no process for Mr. Fraser to tell the Taoiseach about things happening in other Departments if he feels they are unique and unprecedented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Given that a Minister appeared on radio defending something without knowing what he is talking about and after the Zappone affair, etc., does Mr. Fraser think that there should be a process whereby democratic oversight is drawn to an unprecedented situation? Would that be a good idea in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am just asking for a specific process. The problem is that we always hear that lessons have been learned every time something like this happens. It is such a mantra at this stage. I am asking what lessons have been learned? What processes have been put in place to ensure that this does not happen again? That is a very serious question which needs to be answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There have been a number of examples where a Secretary General has investigated what has happened in his or her Department. Obviously, in the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary General investigated what happened with the Zappone affair. On this occasion, Robert Watt carried out the initial investigation into the actions he was involved in. Does Mr. Fraser believe that practice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I suppose Mr. Fraser is pointing out that it is not the Secretary General's fault and that perhaps it is the Minister's fault for proceeding along those lines. Does he believe that Secretaries General should be subject to any performance standards our reviews? Should there be processes in which they can be removed from their jobs? The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, said he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, and perhaps to penalise a Secretary General for performance issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Therefore, it is a Minister's responsibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: At collective-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask Mr. Fraser to provide a note to the committee to indicate exactly what the rule of authority is there. I also ask him to provide information as to what precisely the power of a circular is. What does a circular determine? Can a circular be ignored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: However, it was ignored on this occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Basically, there are two conflicting truths in existence at the same time in that answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the circular explicit in what it not does entail?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Mr. Fraser provide the committee with exactly how the circular is not inclusive of the particular case that we are discussing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, the Taoiseach's Secretary General is responsible for the interpretation of the circular. If nobody in a Department is responsible for the interpretation of the circular, how-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----can a circular be interpreted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Mr. Fraser send his interpretation of a circular that is sent to the Department of the Taoiseach with regard to this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Proposed Appointment to University Research Post: Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: With regard to the recruitment process, I strongly suggest that open recruitment is by far the best way to employ anybody in any job within the State. All citizens should have an opportunity to go for a job on the basis of their skills, experience and studies. That is a very important issue. It is very important we get it embedded in the process that every citizen has the right to apply...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. However, there is an irony that is not lost on people in that Sinn Féin Deputies voted last year in favour of the climate action Bill, which paved the way for the carbon tax and the turf ban. I have an image in my mind of Deputy Paul Murphy leaving Dublin in search of a turf mine with a speech in his pocket calling turf miners around...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: An féidir leis An Taoiseach bualadh le Conradh na Gaeilge?