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- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John Deasy: Can I break in there? There is also another point.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John Deasy: Sorry, I will wait until the Chairman is finished.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John Deasy: To add to what the Chairman is saying, one critical element of this cannot be forgotten. The Chairman has mentioned the 30 or 40 potential victims in this case. Many of those alleged victims are non-verbal. In some cases, it is 22 or 23 years since these alleged crimes took place. In many cases, the witnesses or perpetrators have passed on. The urgency required by the HSE to deal with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John Deasy: The Garda has been involved since 1992.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John Deasy: It is worth putting on the record again that when this was dealt with initially in the 1990s, the Garda was involved and files were sent to the DPP, but there were never any prosecutions. It was investigated. This is the second time around with this. Time badly limits the effect of a criminal prosecution. For the sake of justice and getting answers for the families involved, I am...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (28 Apr 2015)
John Deasy: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when funding will be made available to the local enterprise offices for applicants under the online trading vouchers scheme launched by his Department, to encourage e-commerce by small business. [16559/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (6 May 2015)
John Deasy: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new national strategic plan for aquaculture will include proposals to support and develop the oyster production industry, in view of the current multifaceted difficulties facing the sector; when he expects this strategy to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17262/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (6 May 2015)
John Deasy: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will allocate resources to expedite the processing of long-standing aquaculture licence applications within the Waterford Estuary once the appropriate assessment phase is completed as such licences are required to access vital capital grant assistance. [17263/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 May 2015)
John Deasy: 212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes, supports, or strategies that are in place to assist tillage producers, in view of the pressure on margins arising from the sharp reduction in crop prices, rising input costs and land rental values, and compliance with new European Union environmental regulations. [17486/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (6 May 2015)
John Deasy: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist barley growers to develop their production, as a local raw material source for existing and future micro-breweries and distilleries within Ireland; and if he will provide an overview of the current size and potential of this segment. [17487/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)
John Deasy: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied Teagasc is and will be sufficiently resourced to deliver adequate research and advisory services for the tillage sector, considering the demands placed on it by the new European Union greening requirements; and if he will provide details of the number of Teagasc's staff currently dedicated to tillage farming, by...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: We should wait until Mr. Michael Kelly finishes his report. It might be more useful to have him in when we meet the HEA and the Department. I have spoken to him and he has agreed to meet the Committee of Public Accounts once he has finalised his report. My understanding is that he is taking a look at some of the issues you raised as well. He has had to wait until the two governing bodies...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: Yes, that is grand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: That is fair enough. He is probably the one person who has been tasked with independently reviewing the governance matters that you are talking about. Therefore, if we are going to have a meeting on the matter it might be useful to have him before the committee to talk about his findings when it comes to the governance and the stream of information between the Department, the Committee of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: There is a good deal in this. As you have said, one of the issues the committee dealt with has to do with procurement and tendering. The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out reports on the matter. Across the board when it comes to the HSE it is clear that the executive is a bad actor, frankly, when it comes to tendering within public procurement guidelines. When it comes to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: The Comptroller and Auditor General has done much work on procurement and HSE tendering. I will preface my comments by saying that one would wonder about value for money as far as the taxpayer is concerned when it comes to a contract being given to a former employee and individuals who were known within the organisation and who had been there for decades but it is far beyond that, frankly....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: If the Government is prepared to pass a law that prevents politicians or former politicians lobbying their former colleagues, I do not see a problem with the Government passing a law preventing former employees of the HSE getting contracts as it applies to cases like these. Anything can be achieved if enough thought and consideration is given to it. I understand Mr. McCarthy's point, but if...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: It was.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: Everything has changed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: From memory, one of the recommendations in the report we are issuing states that the Comptroller and Auditor General oversees this entire area with regard to accountability. I think that is reason enough for us to invite in the investment committee to discuss that recommendation.