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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

Shane Ross: We have not asked for anyone specifically by name.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: 387. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries in the Stepaside, County Dublin area since the closure of the Garda station; the number of prosecutions following these burglaries; the number of convictions. [27949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Costs (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the impending issue affecting the health care system, namely, the fact that the Medical Protection Society have recently announced a 90% increase in subscription rates across all specialties; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will render a significant number of practices sustainable and possibly result in many...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I welcome everybody to the meeting. I regret the fact that several people the committee has invited are not here today, but I hope they will come in at a later date. I will start with Mr. Cregan, because it is really his report that has sparked the discussion here today. What he has done as interim administrator is fantastic. What he has done for the CRC is great. The changes that have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Did Mr. Cregan make judgments about the conflict between the HSE and the board?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: While I do not dispute any of what Mr. Cregan said, he did not have an investigation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: A few months ago I submitted many freedom of information requests and was told they could not be responded to because there was an "investigation" happening.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: It happened.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: They called it an investigation, although Mr. Cregan does not. This was the reason for declining to give me answers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: They perceived it as an investigation. We are playing with words. Can Ms McGuinness tell me why the HSE did not send someone independent of the HSE to make these judgments?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Why did the HSE not send an independent person? Who is Mr. Cregan's boss?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Mr. Cregan is reporting on matters which are of direct interest to the HSE. He has said the board knowingly ignored its obligations to the HSE. It is very judgmental, although I do not quarrel with the judgment. Why did the HSE not send someone else in who could have made, perhaps, similar judgments with more credibility?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Ms McGuinness knows that is not my point.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: I do not regard the answer as satisfactory. While I agree with nearly all of the conclusions Mr. Cregan made, although I do not know much about the background evidence, the report would have had more credibility had somebody independent of the HSE been sitting in judgment in what was, in many respects, a dispute between the HSE and the board.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: There are dozens of mediation experts and High Court judges hanging out of the rafters looking for jobs such as this. The Government can find them at the drop of a hat and I would have thought it would have been better for the credibility of the findings if the person charged with making findings about the HSE has not been in its pay. Why did Mr. Cregan not speak to any of the former directors?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Mr. Cregan had to have the old members. Did he discuss the issues involved with Mr. Goulding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Are there directors of CRC Medical Devices?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: What does that mean?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Can we return to that issue in one minute? It is separate and very worrying.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Shane Ross: Is that still the case?