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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree with the Chairman, but if this committee does not pursue the need for accountability in such instances, then no one else in the Oireachtas will do so. We need to be cognisant of that when we are compiling reports.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: My final point relates to accounts-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I accept that. I wish to raise the debacle of the pay of the Secretary General of the Department of Health. The Chairman will recall that, when we asked the Secretary General about his publicly stated position that he was waiving a portion of his salary, he refused to answer our questions. Having submitted parliamentary questions to the Departments of Health and Public Expenditure and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the off chance that I am not here for that, I request that we write to the Department of Health seeking clarification as to when that salary ceased to be waived-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----and how it is addressed in the accounts. I am happy that the matter is on the agenda under any other business, AOB, but it raises bigger questions about the type of information that we are getting from Departments.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have to go to the Chamber. Is it agreed that the committee should write to the Department regarding the waiving of the Secretary General's salary?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is just in case I am not here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Could it also be agreed that we write to the Secretary General directly to ask him about the period of time during which the portion of his salary was waived?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Would it not be handier to ask the question now and get the information in February?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----we should do both.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: My proposal is that we do both. It would not undermine any other process.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: It will not be a big part of the accounts because I do not believe it is a widespread practice. This is a specific issue. I agree it is not a personal one. The fault lies with the leaders of the Government who agreed to a salary increase of over €80,000 with no process used and, as yet, no justification given. I took umbrage at the fact that one senior Government Minister, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have one last question. Mr. Moroney set out in detail his criticism of the closed period for slurry spreading and even the proposed tightening of this. To summarise, he has called for an independent and technology-based decision-making process using the data available. I ask him to outline what that system would look like. Who would be responsible for it? How would it be overseen?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach is comparing a funeral to a champagne party. Scandalous.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach will stand over any Fine Gael-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Taoiseach will stand over any crony appointment, or any pay raise or whatever it takes-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----but he will not actually do the decent thing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: If the Taoiseach wants to go into the muck-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Matt Carthy: -----he should expect to be rebuffed.