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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: What does that mean exactly? Can I take that at face value? That is fair enough.

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: It is now clear that while we may be experiencing a recovery as an economy, we are not experiencing an evenly spread one. Dublin has outpaced all other areas when it comes to generating increased economic activity over the past few years, followed by Cork and Galway. Outside these and some other urban areas, people can see and feel the gulf that is getting wider. Their sense of a rising...

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: In that case, the Minister of State is doubly responsible.

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: By most economic indicators, the US stimulus plan of 2009 was a success, so I took a look at how it was structured. It substantially cut taxes to families, but significantly it spread the money in almost every way throughout the 50 US states. Transportation and mass transit projects were begun, federal buildings were modernised throughout the US and there were projects dealing with water,...

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: We are well aware of that. I am speaking about the investment fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I acknowledge that the Chairman has mentioned this documentation is in draft form. Ms Mellissa English is not here today. Perhaps we could be told what individuals, bodies, agencies and Departments will be compelled to attend. Is there a list?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Therefore, we are seeking to compel Ms Kerins, Mr. Flannery, Rehab, HSE and SOLAS. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Did we agree at the last meeting that we would contact the HSE with regard to the information it knew about? Has the clerk done that? What exactly have we ascertained?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Could the Chairman repeat what he said with regard to those public bodies and the Data Protection Act?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: That is nothing new. With regard to the HSE, do we know how much it knows. Is it more than we thought?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I think that is right. It is becoming clear that the way to gain that information more effectively is actually dealing with the public bodies involved. They are willing to do that under compellability arrangements. If they have relevant information, they will be required to give it. If the ultimate goal is to garner that information, the most effective way of getting it is actually to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: For completeness? On what grounds would one do that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I think this is getting petty. I understand that the Chairman has been specifically mentioned in this letter but if the committee engages in a tit-for-tat every time somebody writes a letter, I am not sure we are going anywhere. We should focus on compellability. If a claim is being made, that is fair enough but for us to start forwarding transcripts to the Revenue Commissioners, we are in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Are we in danger of spreading ourselves too thinly as a committee by extending our remit and losing focus on what the committee was established to do in the first place? Its function is to hold the Departments to account on a regular basis and directing the time and schedule we have to that end. I warn against extending artificially our remit to bodies that, frankly, do not come under our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: If one takes transport, the Chairman has made the point himself about the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications. With all due respect to Deputy Fleming and notwithstanding all the points he has made, the normal course with regard to Bus Éireann would be that when the Department of Transport attends, members ask questions of its officials on the moneys it gives to that company....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I was asked to inquire about the appearance of Ms Niamh Brennan at the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012 (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I apologise for the delay. The Chairman will be back and I am taking his place until his return. We are examining the 2012 Appropriation Accounts and annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor and General: chapter 16 - expenditure on welfare and employment schemes; chapter 17 - regularity of social welfare payments; chapter 18 - welfare overpayment debts; chapter 19 - domiciliary care...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012 (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: Also in attendance is Mr. Menton from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes
Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 18 - Welfare Overpayment Debts
Chapter 19 - Domiciliary Care Allowance
Chapter 20 - Invalidity Pension
Social Insurance Fund Annual Accounts 2012 (1 May 2014)

John Deasy: I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.