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- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to raise a final point. What does Mr. Fitzpatrick consider to be the weaknesses in the Croke Park agreement which, from his perspective, will prevent the agreement delivering to the optimum level?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: What about the pace?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the witness have concerns about the slow pace?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the top progress and one being the lowest progress, where would the witness place the pace of the Croke Park agreement at this stage?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could the witness give his best judgment on the scale of one to ten?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Menton might wish to comment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the witness satisfied, happy or very happy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: The witness would say "satisfied, but could try harder".
- Public Accounts Committee: Public Service Agreement 2010-14: Discussion with Implementation Body (11 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Define that.
- Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Limerick and the mid-west.
- Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Many Limerick people have worked in the airport over many years. It has been a very positive reciprocal arrangement. I welcome the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. I compliment the work of the aviation business development task force led by Rose Hynes and the change management task force led by John Fitzgerald. With regard to separation, from a regional perspective it is...
- Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect it will be made known in the public domain that the formal corporate governance structures have been put in place? When will the final Cabinet proposal for the future structure of Shannon Airport in its separated form be known?
- Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)
Kieran O'Donnell: Decentralisation mark 2.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome the witnesses to the meeting. To put this in context, the committee is inquiring into the area of allowances within the public sector. I seek a complete understanding, whereby members and witnesses both learn in terms of the exercise and where members ascertain which allowances comprise core pay and gain a general appreciation of how they have evolved. I am unsure whether the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: That is what I am hoping for.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: No, I refer to the 65 allowances.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: Let us then work off the list of 65 or 66 allowances.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: It has been in place since 1979.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: The public sees a figure of 65. I have looked back through the allowances, including the years they were introduced, and it strikes me that they have done a disservice to people working in the Army. There is a perception that there is a myriad of allowances when in fact the military service allowance applies to virtually everyone in the Army. It has been there since 1979, over 30 years,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012) Kieran O'Donnell: The money factor is a huge one.