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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: My understanding is that the information was sent unopened by the committee to the Oireachtas legal adviser. Is that the case? As I understand it, the information may have been taken from the Garda PULSE system and the Commissioner has registered some concern that there may have been personal data on those files and that he has responsibility, in his opinion, for that data. Has the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: Can we deal with this issue quickly and ask for an opinion to be given rather than wait until 22 January 2014?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: Pending the advice, will the Clerk to the Committee clarify that the personal data has not been compromised in any way? That is the critical issue. The documentation has gone straight to the counsel's office and we are awaiting their decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: I would not like there to be any suggestion of compromised documentation, so it was worth clarifying that that was the case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: Many issues such as this are going around right now. The Garda Commissioner appeared before an Oireachtas committee meeting yesterday to discuss criticism from the Garda Ombudsman Commission with regard to information relating to informants. They had asked for information to be passed on from An Garda Síochána, but it was not forthcoming. There was some criticism in that regard....
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: The Valuation (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the Seanad earlier this year but has not progressed.
- Order of Business (26 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: It has been waiting for a long time.
- Topical Issues: Marine Safety (26 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: We are mindful that while we are dealing with the issue of defective EPIRBs or faulty marine beacons, a search is continuing for a fisherman missing off the Wexford coast. I attended the funeral of Shane, Paul and Kenny Bolger in June 2013. They were three brothers who died when their boat capsized in Tramore Bay. It is a day I will not easily forget. Their boat was equipped with an...
- Topical Issues: Marine Safety (26 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: My understanding is that the company has advised the Department that it sold more than 150,000 EPIRBs between 2004 and 2012, with a failure rate of 0.11%. The reliability of these devices needs to be independently assessed. The Minister mentioned smoke alarms. If a particular brand of smoke alarm in public housing was found to be defective in any way, we would not just issue an alert. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: The Comptroller and Auditor General is saying that depending on what is said and dealt with today, he could issue a further report with regard to those alternative-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: I, too, will be brief. When it comes to the traffic laws in Rome, the saying is "It is a matter of opinion". Having listened to the debate thus far, it is clear that when it comes to Government policy in the health care sector, these section 38 organisations are treating remuneration and everything related to remuneration as a matter of opinion. Reference was made earlier to the HSE report...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: That is as much as is given.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: What is the process in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: Based on the information given today, is Mr. McCarthy concerned that the code in other areas has not been as rigorously adhered to as it should have been?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: It is fairly clear that there has been wholesale non-compliance with or contravention of Government policy in the area of remuneration. Because it is Government policy does not mean it is right in many cases.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: I know. The witness's job is to police it but the organisation has not policed it well, in fairness. Notwithstanding what Deputies Dowds and O'Donnell have stated with regard to fund-raising and the efforts people make in these organisations, have there been any justifications as to why they did what they did and broke the rules? Have they made any arguments as to why they felt it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: They would argue they had saved money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: How many instances are we talking about?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: To play devil's advocate, we are in a funny political environment when it comes to pay. In many cases the issue of pay in the media can be very one-sided. I am asking the question of the HSE, and the witnesses are dealing with these organisations. Have they given justification, outside of the incident the witness has detailed, as to why they have acted in this way? Is this wilful and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: That is what I thought the witness would say. How many instances of this are we talking about?