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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: What is the position with regard to the legislation? It could impact the banking inquiry if investigations are ongoing and the inquiry wants to bring people in. Is the legislation not clear with regard to us compelling somebody?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Notwithstanding the fact that the file has not been closed, if the legal advice is that we are entirely within our rights we are going to go there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I presume he can challenge us in the High Court.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I welcome everyone to the meeting. I would make some attempt to speak as Gaeilge but my Irish is worse than the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh's was in July.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: The Ring and Old Parish Gaeltacht is well represented here. The Comptroller and Auditor General has cousins in Ring, while I have cousins from Old Parish. My only question relates to a decision by the then Minister a number of years ago to end the permanent board relationship for smaller Gaeltachts. As I understand it, there is now a rotating system in place, with one permanent position...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I understand the role Fiachra Ó Céilleachair plays. I also understand the point made by Mr. Ó Cúláin that Ring is a vibrant Gaeltacht. My concern is that the smaller Gaeltachts do not have a permanent board member each. That is not such a good idea. I could never understand the logic of why their membership of the board had been discontinued. The smaller...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: It is a policy issue for the Minister. Would there be a benefit in having a board member for the smaller Gaeltachts outside Ring? Mr. Fiachra Ó Céilleachair is there, which is fine

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Thank you, Mr. Ó Cúláin. That is all I needed to know.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if the wig allowance administered by the Health Service Executive is a different amount in each HSE region; if this is the case, the reason for the varying rates and if he will provide the rates in each region. [38937/14]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: On Mr. Kelly's point, why is it that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Why is it not prescribed in legislation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I am only asking whether this is normal. I was not asking a smart question but I was asking for Mr. Kelly's opinion.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Would Mr. Kelly have done anything about this?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: What is the normal course of events? Will Mr. Watt be told there is an anomaly?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: The witnesses are all very welcome and I wish to focus on a particular harbour, Dunmore East. I will go back 14 years and refer to the studies and reports that were done in conjunction with Mr. Moran's Department and other Departments over that time span. In many cases, Mr. Moran and his officials will have been aware of reports, recommendations and findings but it is useful to go back and...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: When can we expect it to begin? Will it be early in the new year?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: In the first instance, the Department has to re-tender so when is it expected to have the tendering process finished?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: When will that work be finished so that one can start the tender process. I need to know when it will happen. It is very important at this point that the people of Dunmore East have some certainty.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Mr. Moran has listed off the amount of money that has been invested into Dunmore East since 2006. I have the figures in front of me for the period 2008 to 2013 and the total in that period was €4.76 million. If I went to the other five ports and fishery harbour centres, I would probably find that the equivalent amount went into them. That is fine. When it came to the slipway in the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 10% tax on UK dividends paid to Irish residents, which is deducted at source in the UK, is then subject to tax here at the marginal rate on the net 90% received and that this means tax on UK dividends is now the highest rate of tax on income; his views that this is fair on pensioners who were relying on...