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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: I wish to discuss the clerk's note on the committee's remit. In his own words, will he go through it? I am slightly confused about the conclusion. Are we to determine what our remit will be based on our application to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: We are not just applying for compellability in respect of individuals and public bodies related to Rehab. In essence, we are also applying for an extension of our remit. It is part and parcel of the application.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: Yes, but the Chairman expects these issues-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: Would that include local authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: I will ask a final question. Has the clerk been in contact with the CPP regarding a timeline for the application?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 May 2014)

John Deasy: To be clear, there is an expectation that it will be more than a plain application for compellability regarding Rehab, in that the other issues mentioned by the clerk will also be addressed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (27 May 2014)

John Deasy: 754. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national plan for rare diseases; when it is likely to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/14]

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2014)

John Deasy: I am sharing my time with Deputy Anthony Lawlor. Some in the House might presume Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett and I are diametrically opposed politically. I would not dispute that to a certain extent, but I believe his point on the lack of a regional focus in this legislation is correct. There is no such focus. That two people might be diametrically opposed politically does not mean that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: Obviously Bausch and Lomb is an IDA Ireland-backed company. The issue of the IDA and its contingent in Waterford has been spoken about much, particularly regarding its lack of results. I did a bit of checking recently. Before 1996, there was a regional IDA manager for the south east, based in Waterford. That position was moved to Cork then. At the time, plenty of people, including those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: I accept that good work was done on regional aid guidelines. The Minister has spent an awful lot of time on the south east. I accept that site visits have increased and unemployment figures have gone down significantly. I was trying to pinpoint one thing, and I think I got the answer I wanted from the Minister. This occurred back in 1996 when Deputy Bruton was Minister. Regardless of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: It was certainly a factor in the decline.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: Will the clerk clarify the communications he has had with the Committee on Procedure and Privileges in this regard? What is meant by "additional information"? Has it been made clear?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: I understand that. Is it that we were not specific enough with regard to the specific information sought from the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: Having looked at this matter and listened to everybody, I wish to make a suggestion. This is the first application that has been, or first applications that have been, made with regard to compellability. Therefore, it is not that surprising that the CPP would have questions with regard to an application and details. Why not take it up on the points we have made? With regard to the detail...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: The Chairman made the point that he must separate both applications because they are completely different but also that there is no case for the Committee on Procedure and Privileges to deny remit to this committee when it comes to the SIPTU and Merrigan application. Is that what the Chairman is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: They should be given an opportunity to respond to that. These are separate applications and it was our opinion, with regard to the comments of the Chairman on the work done by the committee, that this committee was within its jurisdiction and remit in its application. The committee should be asked to respond to that. The other point is more complicated and I can see where the committee is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: We should outline the timeline for this. We should ask that this be done and resolved before the recess.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: 104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the commemorative activities and projects the Government has planned to mark the centenary of each of the following events, the passage into law of the Home Rule Act on 18 September 1914; the outbreak of the First World War on 4 August 1914; the Easter Rising in April 1916; the first sitting of Dáil Éireann and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: For years in Waterford, if this makes any sense, the port in Waterford was suing CIE until somebody realised, after Ministers got involved to no avail, that they were effectively two State bodies. People asked the very realistic and reasonable question, "Why the hell is the State spending millions of euro, time and energy dealing with something that involves two State bodies?" The people we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2014)

John Deasy: If other people want to be at part of that meeting to make it cross-party, it should be done in that way.