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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: For how long has Mr. Goulding been chairman of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Prior to that Mr. Goulding would have been a member of the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: How can the board of CRC stand over the taking from Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic of half of the income raised from people countrywide for charitable purposes for use as payment of a settlement or pay-off for a former CEO? How can the board stand over that the same CEO implemented cuts under Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest legislation in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses. I have read the report, which is 146 pages in length and very comprehensive. This is nothing personal, as our job is to peruse. In general terms, the report highlights the features. Mr. Cregan sent us a letter in January, which I assume he stands over, and the report is consistent with that letter. It is unusual that he did not interview the directors, although...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Those were Mr. Kiely and Mr. Conlan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Cregan ever reach a conclusion as to why he could not find those reports?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Were they ever there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did Mr. Cregan consider making contact with those former CEOs regarding their files?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Cregan also stated that there was proper financial-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. Mr. Cregan referred to there being proper financial systems, but there appears to have been a major absence of documentation in respect of inter-company transfers. Mr. Goulding can correct me if I am wrong but, under the original structure, the CRC held the shares in the Care Trust before they were transferred to the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic. CRC Medical...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Tony O'Brien, the CEO of the HSE, was before us recently. He gave a commitment to revert to the committee in respect of accident and emergency services at University Hospital Limerick. Has there been any update by means of correspondence? If we have not received anything yet, could the clerk make contact with the HSE? A commitment was given and the matter is a serious one in Limerick....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to receive a formal follow-up in response. The clerk should impress on the HSE the urgency of the issue.

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for facilitating us as we raise this critical issue and I also thank my colleague, Deputy McEntee, for contributing. I feel strongly about the issue. BreastCheck should be extended to people aged between 65 and 69. These people could be our wife, a mother, a sister, a daughter, a relative or a female friend. The current BreastCheck scheme, which includes people up...

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for his response. BreastCheck was rolled out in Limerick in recent years and I raised the matter in the Dáil at the time. I have seen its positive impact. There are benefits for women aged between 50 and 64 and it improves survival rates. For every 500 women screened, one life is saved, and the older cohort of those aged between 65 and 69 has a breast cancer...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that for new bonds? It is not retrospective.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of normal company law and disclosure of a related party transactions and interests, would it not be automatically disclosed when the accounts are done? In terms of the directors of the NTMA, would the related party transactions and interests not automatically be disclosed when the annual financial statements are done? Would it not fall under that legal structure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore no Exchequer funding is going into the local authorities.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is money going directly to local authorities for water services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will finish on this point on housing because I do not want to take up too much time. With the RAS, there is a proper orientation programme to ensure people are fully aware of their responsibilities as tenants. Heretofore, that has not always been consistent under the scheme. Can we take it that it will be the case under the HAP scheme?