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

John McGuinness: Did it share the actual advice?

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

John McGuinness: Would Professor Whelan be willing to give the HSE a copy of that legal advice to clarify the position? A simple "Yes" or "No" will suffice.

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

John McGuinness: Professor Whelan is saying he will give the legal advice to Mr. O'Brien?

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

John McGuinness: I hope he is referring to all of it, not just a short synopsis. Does Mr. O'Brien have the names and positions of the other members of staff who were in receipt of top-ups?

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

John McGuinness: Has that happened?

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

John McGuinness: I accept that. My question is whether St. Vincent's has complied with that requirement.

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

John McGuinness: That is what Mr. O'Brien has been told?

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

John McGuinness: Deputy Dowds and Deputy Murphy have indicated. I will take Deputy Murphy first. I ask members to be brief because we are anxious to conclude. We have been here for a while.

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

John McGuinness: We have discussed the matter already.

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

John McGuinness: Many other issues emerged early on in the meeting which have to be resolved between both parties.

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

John McGuinness: To be helpful to both parties, that is a very important question. We have discussed the matter. It is up to both parties to sort it out because issues might arise above and beyond what we have heard. It would be unfair to confine the parties to an answer they would give today. With respect to Deputy Dowds, because we have gone through matters-----

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

John McGuinness: Yes. We will come back to the issue.

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

John McGuinness: That brings our discussions to a close. In closing the meeting and arising from Deputy Dowds's request, I ask that the committee be sent a profile of both hospitals in respect of patient throughput and numbers and so on, to help members to understand the volume of work and outturn in respect of operations and so on. Earlier, I mentioned correspondence I had received and which I will forward...

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

John McGuinness: The HSE is to receive the legal information and it might share it with the committee because we also want to understand. Our goal is the same, namely, value for money, making sure taxpayers' money is spent properly and so on. Had Deputy Harris a brief point to make?

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (22 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Water Services Act 2013 to make provision to include Irish Water under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General and to provide for related matters.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (22 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: If the Bill were taken as a matter of urgency it would deal with some of the issues regarding Irish Water. Another example might be Poolbeg. The Comptroller and Auditor General could be involved. It is very important that the Taoiseach consider it seriously.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (22 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time." Perhaps the Taoiseach may consider otherwise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: Turning to No. 1, are the minutes of the meetings of 15 and 16 January 2014 agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: That is fine. Does any matter arise from the minutes of the meetings on 15 and 16 January? No. No. 2 relates to the note the clerk issued to members yesterday regarding the National Gallery. I invite him to outline the issues involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Jan 2014)

John McGuinness: We were to get further information from the National Gallery.

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