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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Ms Kerins has given the impression that there is a process under way or that Rehab is beginning to look at ways of publishing them. What does that process involve? Has Ms Kerins begun consultation with her senior colleagues or has the board begun consultation with senior managers?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I am happy to hear that because my reaction when I read the Rehab Group's statement was "one step forward, two steps backwards". It is basically saying that it will tell us the chief executive's salary and then tell us what everyone else is earning in a couple of years time. I do not think that is in anybody's interest, including that of Ms Kerins's colleagues and the service users of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I welcome that move forward in terms of the date. Does Rehab receive public funding from other governments or states?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: As we go about setting up a charity regulator, is there a requirement in other countries in which Rehab has operations to disclose salaries?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: What would happen in respect of Rehab's senior managers in the UK?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: I want to get Ms Kerins's thoughts on the public-private mix. In her opening statement, she referred to the Rehab model. I think she used the word "unique". Again, there are other organisations, some of which we have met, about which I have concerns regarding how one separates and puts protections in place for the public or charity element versus the private or commercial element. What...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Ms Kerins mentioned the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and his comment that Rehab was more akin to a semi-State body. I heard that radio interview, in which he also asked when was a charity not a charity, when did it become a commercial entity and that, if one reached a point where a certain proportion of one's work was commercial, it was better to be called...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: Is that review ongoing?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: When is it expected to be concluded?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Simon Harris: As Mr. O'Brien is not used to sitting on the sidelines and being on the periphery of these meetings, I will ask him a question to bring him in from the cold. We would not want him to think we had forgotten him. I heard his exchanges with my colleagues. Where, exactly, are we going with this review of the section 39 organisations? I understand where we are going with the section 38...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the rent allowance in an area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10377/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons being sent to the UK for mental health treatments which are not currently provided here; if he will provide a breakdown by year from 2010 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/14]

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I fully agree with Deputy McDonald. Whether the people were formally invited or not - they should have been - there is no way in hell they did not know they were required here. If they had read a daily newspaper, or if they were in the Houses at the time and looked at the monitors here, they would clearly have known what we were discussing. It is quite offensive to the committee that the...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: I might have missed it. Did we deal with the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Have we published it?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Approximately two or three weeks ago we agreed that we wanted to hear from three section 38 organisations. One was St. Vincent's, another was the National Maternity Hospital and the last was St. Michael's House, which was at Deputy Dowds's suggestion. Roughly speaking, when do you envisage that happening?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: That is grand.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: Perhaps before Easter, if possible.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the implementation plan for post codes here; if post codes will be required for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11570/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (11 Mar 2014)

Simon Harris: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to a service provider (details supplied) in County Wicklow for school leavers in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11925/14]