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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: That is the normal way it is done. Perhaps the clerk might-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: It is for that reason we have asked for the other two minutes which have been returned from the HSE and Irish Aid. I ask that they be placed on the agenda in order that we can understand exactly how the responses are made up, who replies and, as the Deputy asked, to whom it is acceptable. We will deal with it as a specific item early in September.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The clerk would have sent the report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: That was a reply to what was said regarding public sector allowances.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Other replies that have been received have already been published.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: It is not this one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The other replies have already been published.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: The committee has not discussed the replies, although they have been published and each member has received a copy of each one. I am glad Deputy Ross has raised the suggestion that the three minutes - the three replies - we now have should be discussed by the committee. Some of the recommendations we have made have been rejected. We need to understand who is rejecting the recommendations...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.10 is correspondence dated 12 July 2013 from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, regarding the Quigley report. We have dealt with this. No. 3A.11 is correspondence dated 9 July 2013 from Mr. Brian Purcell, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, regarding the additional information requested at the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: We will move on to the draft work programme for September and early October, which is being displayed on a screen. We have three meetings lined up regarding the ongoing Waterford Institute of Technology, SIPTU and Dublin Docklands Development Authority issues. We can finalise the rest of our work programme when the Comptroller and Auditor General launches his report in September.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Yes. Do Deputies wish to raise any matters under any other business?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: We sent a covering letter with the transcript to the Taoiseach and to the Ministers for Finance, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, and Justice and Equality. The covering letter reflected the views of the committee on the matter. We included the transcript with the letter, as I have said. We asked the Taoiseach and the Ministers to undertake a root and branch review of legislation governing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Those letters, with the transcripts, will go out today.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Generally, the Minister for Justice and Equality refers issues to the Law Reform Commission. We can send him a copy of this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: We can copy it directly to the Law Reform Commission also. We also agreed to look at the draft bank stabilisation report. When we get that, the final draft and the list of witnesses will be sent to each committee member as agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: This letter and the transcripts will do that. I was just pointing out that separate to these, the clerk will issue the list of witnesses and the draft report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Can we agree our agenda for Thursday, 19 September 2013, at which we will meet with representatives from the IDA? The agenda will consist of the IDA Ireland annual report and accounts for 2012. Is it agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: On the suggestion of Deputy Deasy, that is exactly the route we intend to take. We will arrange that meeting when we come back.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 15 - Valuation Office (18 Jul 2013)

John McGuinness: Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the transmission of the meeting. I wish to advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give this committee. If they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence in relation to a particular matter and they continue to...