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Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: There is a process in place for procurement. Either the procurement process is followed or it is not. Communication does not necessarily come into it. It might be communication on the framework agreement but not on following the proper process.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: That is not what was found.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I really-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: That is extraordinarily impressive and underlines the fact that there was an incredibly poor, or non-existent, system in place. This is what is reflected in the audit report and the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We will not know whether the package Mr. Swords has outlined is effective until the next report is presented. Can he give us an assurance that this is working on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: Is there the awareness and communication that he thought was missing about compliance-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: What supervisory system and mechanisms are in place to ensure Mr. Swords will get regular feedback on it?

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I am pleased to have an opportunity to say a few words on this Private Members' motion. It is a bit rich of Fianna Fáil to lecture others on what should be done in respect of any matter which is, in effect, a legacy of its period in government. I refer specifically to the collapse of the construction industry and subsequent lack of equity in properties on which mortgages were taken out...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: We are sharing time in an unbalanced way. I will only take five minutes. I welcome the publication of the spring economic statement. It may not seem obvious to many people, and particularly those on my left, but this all started with the blanket bank guarantee approved by Fianna Fáil-----

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: -----and Sinn Féin and the Greens.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: It certainly is.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: I can quote the names. Some of the same people are still talking about burning bondholders and telling the troika to take a hike.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: The Deputy is eating into my precious time. I will bring in the list the next time and show it to the Deputy so he can see exactly what happened.

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Joe Costello: From the moment Sinn Féin and others agreed to give a blanket guarantee to Anglo Irish Bank's €34 billion debt, Ireland was committed, effectively, to a special bailout deal with the troika, and that was negotiated by Fianna Fáil with the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union Commission. It was agreed from 2010 to 2015 but we managed...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: I welcome this debate and compliment Deputy Catherine Murphy for her diligence in pursuing this matter over a considerable period. I also compliment the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on the speed within which he put in place the relationship framework. As soon as the matter came to his attention, he revised the framework to ensure he and the Departments of Finance and Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 99. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason European Union citizens are refused personal public service numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Agencies (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; the details of the appointment process in each case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State boards, bodies or committees on which vacancies currently exist, or on which vacancies are anticipated to arise, up to and including 1 January 2016; the number of vacancies in each case; when the vacancy arose or will arise; if the vacancy relates to a chair or a member; the details of the appointment process in each case;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 567. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the regeneration of Dominick Street, Dublin 1; if he has approved funding for the work; when the work is due to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17816/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Board Remuneration (6 May 2015)

Joe Costello: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the former chief executive officer of Aer Lingus was awarded valuable shares by the board of Aer Lingus, for which the person had no entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 May 2015)

Joe Costello: I note a number of discrepancies between this document which provides a full account of the Thornton Hall project and the document the committee received on 6 February. For example, the document, dated 14 April 2015, states in respect of capacity that the proposed development at Thornton Hall would have provided a maximum of 723 places, in addition to the female prison. However, the...