Results 5,521-5,540 of 26,534 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Some of the crankiness might have arisen from the fact that if I wanted to ask a person something, I would go and do it. I would then expect a reply. I did not expect all of this to happen, but, apparently, that is the way of the world there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No. Trade missions-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: They were trade missions and the answers in respect of them are no and no.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: When I went there, my son was employed by me. I just want to be clear about that - he had a desk in my office.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: His first employment would have been in the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: He was not with the Oireachtas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: The Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: These positions for appointees are for the period of the office-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Yes, absolutely. It was a seven days a week job.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: That matter was handled by the Department. I do not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I am not quite sure whether these posts are advertised. I do not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: It was what?
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: There was no internal process. It was a matter of people being obliged to cover for individuals who were absent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I presume I did or they did. The work - departmental, local and so on - had to be done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Anything to do with the claims made by my son during that period was done in accordance with the rules of the Department. In other words, he would have had to have made submissions on his claims and had these signed off on within the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: Within this, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)
John McGuinness: I would have to check that for the Deputy. There was travel and subsistence and overtime. I am confused myself. I would have to ask the Department about that, and I will ask them.
- 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 think the Oireachtas arrangement is different. The Department arrangement is different when one is employed at that level and any of the claims were made in accordance with the rules, the guidelines, that were set down at that time. In other words, he had to give information. He had to have the matter vouched. He had to have conducted his travel or his overtime, and they were then...