Results 7,421-7,440 of 11,413 for speaker:Matt Carthy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: How much of a proportion of the income of the commission would that represent?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: So, €60 million is the actual income.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The difficulty is that we are dealing with what is, essentially, a State-funded body, namely, RTÉ, and the Department of Social Protection, but the committee does not have a good overview of the final implications of the practices of misclassification of the workforce in RTÉ. We know a substantial payment has been made to Revenue and that there will be claims from individuals...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is always a difficult one whenever we seek information relating to the Garda or associated bodies. The Department of Justice will come back and say these are independent bodies and at the same time indicate that it is engaging Garda management on the issues without specifying what "engaging" means - it is a broad term. The WRC was scheduled to meet on 26 January. Perhaps we could seek...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Second, I am asking GSOC for a breakdown of who conducts its investigations before the commission appears before us. It would be useful for our hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I welcome that note. That will be circulated, I take it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: A table would be useful as well, because it is quite elaborate, and I am not aware of any other organisation like this. I believe there are nine Government Departments that provide funding to An Taisce, for very specific and distinctive reasons, it has to be said. I wrote to the Chair on this yesterday, so perhaps we can deal with this now. Just to get clarification, does the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: As in the State agencies.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am really taken aback by Deputy Hourigan’s position on this issue. I would like to think that if there are items of clarification that might be of use to us in ensuring public money is spent to deliver value for money and for its stated purpose, we would ask the relevant question regardless of the issue or organisation before us. I am an agriculture spokesperson. I do not get...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: In regard to the work done by the secretariat that we would incorporate other public bodies if they will provide funding as well as the Departments so that there will be a full review of public moneys.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: What is the issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Just for clarification on next week, there are two sessions. Is the rotation moving to the second session?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: I support this proposal and the principle of what Deputy Munster is saying. Part of the problem here was evident when we met representatives of the HSE for two or three sessions last year to deal with the health services in their entirety. Therefore, there is no way any one area would get the level of scrutiny it probably deserves. In talking about bringing in witnesses to talk about the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would it be possible, as Deputy Munster suggested, for us to have an initial meeting with the HSE and the Department of Health on mental health in the broadest terms on a Thursday afternoon, in lieu of our correspondence meeting, in order that we could double up on a particular week? That would not negate following through on what Deputy McAuliffe mentioned, namely, holding more in-depth...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: Perhaps we should be asking this when the committee secretariat is in a position to respond, but I would like to get a sense of the principle of us having meetings in the afternoon. Is it too logistically cumbersome to deal with two different issues on the same day?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Chairman will be aware how I loath I am to do such a thing.