Results 5,401-5,420 of 26,512 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No. I am anxious that the committee apply the same level of scrutiny to me as it would to any other person. I do not expect anything short of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Go ahead. The Taoiseach of the day nominates his Cabinet. The Cabinet handbook - I did not receive a copy of it as I was not a Minister - sets out how things are to be conducted. As I said in my opening remarks, in 2007 I was nominated to travel on a St. Patrick's Day mission. I brought my wife with me and, yes, the State paid. That was part of what was agreed could be done at that time....
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I did not say "every Minister".
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes, I allowed it to happen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I suppose hindsight is a great thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: As I said, if that were today, would it happen? No, it would not. I would have had a better call on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: My recollection is that there were three trips, one to Seattle, one to Edinburgh and one to London.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes, the three trips.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: To my recollection, two were St. Patrick's Day trips. Edinburgh and Seattle were St. Patrick's Day trips and London was some promotional event.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No, I would have to get details of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Not off the top of my head but I can check it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Is that in the guidelines?
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I will check the details. I do not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes, three of them. The Deputy asked me what trips.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No, but I can find out the circumstances. For today, I was concentrating on the questions I was being asked about St. Patrick's Day and I did not check that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: There were three trips: Edinburgh, London and Canada.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I cannot recall the trip to London. Actually, I did not focus on that for today but I can get the details.