Results 4,181-4,200 of 26,486 for speaker:John McGuinness
- 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: When I asked my question, I expected Mr. Nolan's organisation to examine the cost versus the outcome. If changing was not cost effective, it would not be done. I would not expect the organisation to do it just for the sake of transparency. It is an issue of one system versus another, but one would like to see such an analysis being done. Mr. Guiomard's organisation has had extensive...
- 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: Will Mr. Guiomard address my questions on his salary, employees and 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: According to the 2010 accounts, expenditure included an ex gratia payment of €80,000. To what did it relate?
- 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: Why would the commissioner do that?
- 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: If a contractor provides a service that one no longer requires, one should end the contract, not renew it or continue to employ the company.
- 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: Why would the commissioner's organisation give the company or employee €80,000?
- 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 understand. Was it an individual or a company?
- 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: A self-employed contractor.
- 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: It was a contractor. What were the circumstances? Was the CAR threatened with litigation? Did it just assume that there would be litigation? Who arrived at the €80,000 figure?
- 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: So there was a dispute.
- 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: What was the value of the contract?
- 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: So the annual cost was €80,000 and there was a dispute about the ending of the contract.
- 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 arose because the commission did not want the service any longer and felt the cheapest option was to settle this before it went to court, with solicitors, barristers and everything else getting involved.
- 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: The €80,000 figure was reached by way of negotiation with this contract.
- 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: In light of all the other costs that might have been incurred, the witness saw this as best value for money or the best route out of this.
- 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: If the contractor had been told to stay at home and not bother coming in, he or she would have been paid far less than the €80,000 if it was at the end of the contract.
- 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 am well aware of that.
- 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 may be so but according to the information this morning, the contract was just at an end. The easiest action would have been not to renew the contract, and it would have been cost-effective. I understood from earlier exchanges that there was a longer period to run but it turns out that the contract was on the verge of finishing. If that was the case, it would have cost less to allow...
- 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 cannot understand that. If the contract was to end shortly, why would the value of a year of the contract be paid at a cost of €80,000? It was just at the end of the contract.
- 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: There would not have been a dispute if the contract had been allowed to run out and take its course. The contract was close to its end and a dispute would not have arisen. There would only have been costs for the period of the contract running out. Why would the commission bother entering into a deal for €80,000 when the contract was at an end?