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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019) Kate O'Connell: I am concerned when the whole narrative I hear is that we must reduce herd numbers in order to reduce the amount of carbon being produced. It is ultimately carbon but initially biomethane. While some report recommended culling and reducing herd numbers, different approaches can be used to reach the same goal, such as healthier animals producing as much food, vaccinated animals, producing a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019) Kate O'Connell: I thank Mr. Carroll for his time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Does that include answers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: As a full member of this committee, I do not view this matter through a local lens. I am uneasy about a few of the things I have heard today. Mr. Cunningham referred to a sales and marketing visit to the UK undertaken to look at sustainable jobs for the redeployment of staff. What was the cost of these jollies to see what the IWA would do with staff? I do not find it funny because people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: How much did the IWA spend on the trip?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: How much did it cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: We heard earlier that only one of the 42 staff was interested in redeployment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Did the IWA ask how many people were interested in redeployment before the trip? It seems strange to make a trip on the basis that one person might be interested in redeployment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Mr. Cunningham mentioned the trip earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Cuisle staff flew to the UK and it was stated that this was specifically to do with the redeployment of staff. Cuisle checked where the staff who are to be made redundant wanted to go and only one person indicated a desire to be redeployed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: The trip was mentioned in the same conversation so I assumed that the two were connected. The trip was on a wider issue. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Has Cuisle applied what it learned from the trip? One person is interested in redeployment. Was the trip worthwhile?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: How much will it cost to make 25 staff redundant? I know the witnesses indicated that the position remains fluid but is there a ballpark figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: What about the 25 staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Will redundancy cost €1 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Is it €500,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: How long is the lease for the Cuisle building?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Is there a penalty for exiting the lease six years early? Has that penalty been worked out yet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I must have missed that part of the meeting but I would like to hear the details again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)
Kate O'Connell: For 20 years?