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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Woods for their presence today. The previous time I met Mr. O'Brien was at the Committee of Public Accounts but he will be glad to hear there will not be the same level of grilling. I welcome the fact there is an accountability framework in place. That was a separate issue in respect of contracts. Notwithstanding the remit of this committee, it is still in the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I apologise but I have to go to the Dáil Chamber for 12 noon as a Government Deputy.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. O'Brien.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Staff Retirements (6 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans regarding raising and or abolishing the mandatory retirement age; and if there are plans underway to progress the Employment Equality (Abolition of Mandatory Retirement Age) Bill 2014. [38536/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin. This old Irish adage means that there is no home like one's own home. It is particularly pertinent at this time of the year. As far as I am concerned, there is nothing more emotionally affecting in this job than a constituent who makes contact with one desperately seeking help to find a home or put a roof over his or her head and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current regulations to safeguard animal welfare with regard to live animal circuses; and his plans to ban animal circuses. [39625/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: It is a bit premature at this stage because we have not got the up-to-date figures.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. Daly for his opening statement and welcome Mr. McDonagh. The first time Mr. Daly appeared before the committee in this regard, I asked him to provide the minutes and I thank him for doing so. The minutes are retrospective but it is good to have them. I wish to refer Mr. Daly to the first page of his opening statement. He said, "The signed board minutes are the official record...

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I want Mr. Daly to confirm there was no unofficial record.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: It is a turn of phrase, Mr. Daly.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. Daly has said that there were no discussions of substance. What does he mean? Was there a discussion of the matter-----

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: -----that was not recorded?

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I thank Mr. Daly for clarifying the matter. I note that the name of the secretary has been redacted from the minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Does Mr. Daly think that the secretary would agree with what he has said today?

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Does Mr. Daly think the secretary would give evidence to say there were no other discussions other than what is recorded in the minutes at those board meetings?

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: That was not my question. Does Mr. Daly think she would agree with what he has said?

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: Mr. Daly said in his opening statement on 24 November 2016 that nowadays board decisions and the rationale for them are recorded in much greater detail than was the case three years ago. Can Mr. Daly explain his comment? It does not tally with what he has said in respect of keeping a notes on a temporary basis.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Daly. I think that is helpful.

Public Accounts Committee: Policy on the Retention of Contemporaneous Notes in the Preparation of Board Minutes: National Asset Management Agency (14 Dec 2016)

Josepha Madigan: To my mind, regardless of what the normal process was, there were extenuating circumstances in relation to this matter. I note that Mr. Daly quoted the ICSA guidelines but they are only guidelines. There was a huge amount at stake in respect of the sale of Project Eagle. I would have thought that with those extenuating circumstances, as exceptional circumstances, the rationale should have...