Results 2,441-2,460 of 45,510 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Who is the acting chief executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: There is no intention to fill the CEO position until Dr. Molloy's review of the organisation is complete.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: I want to get an insight from Mr. Kerr into what it is like to be a board member of the Rehab Group. I share some of the views of Deputy Ross, which is no slight on Mr. Kerr or his colleagues on the board. However, I get the distinct impression that there might have been a hands-off approach by the board. From listening for the last number of hours, it appears, and I accept Mr. Kerr's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Mr. Kerr might refer to a more typical week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: I return to the issue of Mr. Flannery and his lobbying activities as an example. Mr. Kerr was the chairman of the board for some of the period during which Mr. Flannery was a member. Mr. Flannery was sitting on the board, having been a CEO, and was receiving an income from the Rehab Group. Mr. Kerr was aware of that as were his colleagues on the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Did Mr. Kerr at any time feel there was a conflict of interest where a board member earned an income by virtue of his links with Rehab?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Were those concerns ever articulated?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Was that to Mr. Flannery?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Was it to the chief executive?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: This is the sort of insight I am looking for. Mr. Kerr was sitting on the board. Deputy O'Donnell read out the memorandum and articles of association earlier and Mr. Doyle read a slightly different clause but we know that members of the board should not have been deriving an income from their links with Rehab. We know as a matter of fact that Mr. Flannery derived an income of almost...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Did Mr. Kerr raise his concerns with the chief executive of the day?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Were his concerns taken on board, listened to or dismissed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Was Mr. Kerr aware that the payments were being made to a company that had been struck off and no longer existed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Did you become aware of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Did Mr. Kerr raise any concerns about that? Did it ever come up at a board meeting? Did someone say, "God we are paying Frank into a company that doesn't exist. He's already on the board. He shouldn't be getting an income. Is this appropriate?" Was such a discussion ever had at a board meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: And that was never raised at a board meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Mr. Kerr knew Mr. Flannery was lobbying in respect of the charitable lotteries scheme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Did Mr. Kerr know what else he was lobbying about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: Were there ever reports back to the board meeting of Mr. Flannery's lobbying activities or advocacy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Simon Harris: So Mr. Kerr knew Mr. Flannery was being paid, he knew approximately the areas in which he was lobbying but he did not know the results. That was dealt with between the chief executive-----