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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 20 December 2012 agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes? No. On correspondence received since the meeting on Thursday, 20 December 2012, No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers. Correspondence received on 5 December 2012, from Ms Geraldine Tallon, Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Community and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: The Department of Education and Skills appointed an inspector to look at some companies that were providing services to WIT. We were looking at the report from WIT on the expenditure of the president's office and we asked the Department of Education and Skills and those involved that we would meet again to finalise the report on that, but then the inspector was appointed. The decision is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes. We were told so by the Department of Education and Skills.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: It is Mr. Dermot Quigley, an external appointment. It is only one inspector. I now turn to individual correspondence. Correspondence, dated 18 December 2012, was received from Ms Clare McGrath, chairman of the Office of Public Works, providing information previously requested by the committee on a proposed courthouse for Wexford Town. I presume a copy of it will go to those who complained.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Correspondence, dated 20 December 2012, was received from Mr. Ray Mitchell, assistant national director of the parliamentary regulatory affairs division of the HSE, providing information previously requested by the committee on the Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association, to be noted and forwarded to the Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association. It approached me with regard to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: No. 3B.6 is correspondence, dated 10 January 2013, from Mr. John Moriarty, Dublin Waterworld, regarding the National Aquatic Centre incorrect VAT charge, to be noted and forwarded to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for a comprehensive reply on the issues raised in the correspondence. Was other correspondence received on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Are we waiting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: We will remind the Department we expect a reply to both. No. 3B.7 is correspondence, dated 9 January 2013, from Bernie Lloyd, Windmill residents group, County Wexford, on the proposed courthouse in Wexford Town. This matter has been dealt with and the group will get a copy of the reply. The following are the documents related to today's meeting. Correspondence was received on 10 January...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Jan 2013)
John McGuinness: Is it agreed that at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 24 January 2013 we will meet the National Transport Authority and the agenda for the meeting will be its accounts for 2011? Agreed. A draft report on the HSE has been ongoing and the revised draft will be circulated tomorrow and we will sign off on it next week. If members have an issue with the content of the revised draft I ask them to contact...
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: We are now dealing with No. 8, financial statements for 2011 for the Commission for Aviation Regulation, the Commission for Communications Regulation, and the Commission for Energy Regulation. Before we begin I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones because the interference from the phones affects the sound quality of the transmission of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I ask Mr. Dermot Nolan, chairman of the Commission for Energy Regulation, to introduce his colleague.
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I call on Mr. Andy Harkness, secretary and director of audit at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, to introduce the accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I will now take the opening statements from the aviation regulator, followed by ComReg, and then from the Commission for Energy Regulation. We will deal with the lead questioners who will each concentrate on one of the utility regulators. Thereafter, we will leave it open to members to raise issues as they wish. I ask Mr. Cathal Guiomard, commissioner for aviation regulation, to make his...
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Alex Chisholm, chairperson of the Commission for Communications Regulation, to make his opening presentation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Dermot Nolan, chairperson of the Commission for Energy Regulation, to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: Deputy Paul Connaughton has questions for ComReg.
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: I wish to ask Mr. Nolan about earlier comments. He is on a salary of €180,000 and he has a certain number of staff. He is to respond to the committee on an issue raised by Deputy O’Donnell. Will he give a breakdown of staff in terms of the number on various salary levels and who benefited from the payment of bonuses? He can submit the information in writing to us so that we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: That is different because they are not eligible. Does that mean that all those who are eligible did get bonuses?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: Did anyone in the group that was eligible for a bonus get zero?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) John McGuinness: One out of how many staff?