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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: He remembers that he went to a meeting with MERC and he accepts that it happened in advance of 25 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: So he accepts that he knew of Mr. Kiely's intended departure before 25 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: When does Mr. Brian Conlan believe he did know about Mr. Kiely's departure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Come on, we are talking about last year. If the meeting took place on 25 March, did Mr. Conlan meet MERC in March?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: What did he discuss? He had a preliminary meeting to discuss the available options. What were the options?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: There was no decision made at that meeting. A second meeting was scheduled with another company. Why was Mr. Conlan bumped off the attendance for that meeting? A second meeting was scheduled.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Was Mr. Conlan out of the country?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Okay. Was Mr. Conlan asked to serve on the recruitment sub-committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Did he consent to serving on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: At that stage, he had no intention of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Mr. Conlan said in his opening statement the this has caused him a significant amount of stress. I can imagine such media attention and difficult questions would cause anybody stress at a human level. However, can Mr. Conlan imagine the level of stress caused among the staff, whose boss Mr. Conlan was, on finding out that a board on which Mr. Conlan sat and for which he shared...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: It is fast becoming apparent, according to Mr. Brian Conlan's evidence, that a man blindfolded on a galloping horse would have been more aware of what was happening in the CRC. I am finding it really difficult. I am finding it really difficult for reasons similar to those expressed by Deputy McDonald because Mr. Conlan is not an amateur. His CV, which he referenced in his opening...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: Mr. Conlan also told us that he did not know that Mr. Kiely was leaving until 25 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: But Mr. Conlan was at a meeting. His telling me he did not know Mr. Kiely was leaving until March if he found out in February is one thing, but he was at a meeting to discuss Mr. Kiely's departure and how to replace him.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: For the purpose of replacing him. He knew, as a director, that there would be a conversation at a board meeting about Mr. Kiely's departure and he did not attend.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: If we are to accept all Mr. Brian Conlan's evidence – I cannot for reasons similar to those expressed by my colleagues - he should state whether he failed in his responsibilities as a member of the board to discharge his duties as a director.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: In respect of the fact he did not know about the hand taking out €700,000 from the charity account to give to Mr. Kiely. Mr. Conlan seems sketchy at best on the details of how Mr. Kiely was to be replaced, the issue of Central Remedial Clinic Medical Devices Limited and top-ups. Did Mr. Conlan fail in his duties as a director? By the way, I do not believe he was alone in failing in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: That is fine. Were the minutes of the board’s meetings sent to Mr. Conlan in advance of the next meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: It took me less than two minutes to scan the minutes of the meeting of 25 March 2013. Members live busy lives and receive much correspondence. Such is life. Did Mr. Conlan ever scan the minutes, even if he could not make it? Did he not read it through and go, “Jesus, God, Paul is getting an awful lot of money there”?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (16 Jan 2014) Simon Harris: You would have read the minutes presumably. When was the next meeting after 25 March 2013? Was Mr. Conlan at it?