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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Would Mr. Nugent envisage a situation in which a member of the board of the CRC would no longer be a member of the board of the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Sure.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: I must leave the medical device issue to someone else, as I am conscious of my time. The witnesses can credibly argue - it does not mean that I agree with them - that many of the issues discussed today were a sign of a different time, a legacy, contractual obligations, etc., but I want to discuss the here and now. On 20 separate occasions in 2013, the HSE wrote to Mr. Nugent in many cases...

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: All of that may be true, but Mr. Kiely-----

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: What was wrong with this round? Why was it not done this time? For the purpose of this discussion I am accepting the argument about Mr. Kiely's remuneration. There was no doubt whatever from what I can see - the witness may correct me if I am wrong - as to the procedures that should have been followed in the recruitment of Mr. Kiely's successor. To Mr. Kiely's credit, on 24 April 2013,...

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: On how many other occasions has the HSE issued a performance notice to a non-statutory body?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: That is why I believe the position of the board of the CRC to be untenable. It has never happened that one performance notice would be issued, let alone two, and to see €242,000 of taxpayers' money being potentially withheld or jeopardised because of the failure of the board to comply with the service agreement is extremely concerning.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: I respectfully suggest that members of the board are in breach of their obligations and duties to people with disabilities by jeopardising their funding from taxpayers due to their inaction.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: They may not be very complimentary.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Could we have copies of any correspondence from the CRC to the Department of Health about the matter as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: Many issues were raised at the meeting with the Central Remedial Clinic. I seek clarity on exactly where we will go from here in regard to the CRC. I presume we will ask representatives of the Mater Hospital to attend next week's meeting, with representatives of the HSE. On the absence of Mr. Conlon, considering that Mr. Kiely was forthcoming and decent enough to attend yesterday and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: To come back to the issue of the other section 38 agencies, we agreed at our meeting of 27 November that we would invite in the chief executive officers and chairpersons of the boards of section 38 institutions not compliant with the HSE. I have no difficulty with the timeframe the Chairman outlined in terms of having the HSE and the Department of Health in next week but are we envisaging...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 122. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case; the date of sanction for such...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, of any exemptions granted to the longstanding general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case; the date...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 10 December 2013, if he will provide detail in tabular form, by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the longstanding general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide detail in tabular form of any exemptions granted by her Department and any agency under her remit to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case; the date of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide detail in tabular form by his Department and any agency under his remit, any exemptions granted to the longstanding general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional remuneration involved in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (17 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: 376. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide detail in tabular form, in respect of his Department and any agency under his remit, of any exemptions granted to the long-standing general principle of pay policy that the payment of additional remuneration to public servants for undertaking additional duties is not permitted; the additional...