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Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: With the permission of the Vice Chairman, I wish to refer to the e-mail of 29 August 2007 in which the civil servant, having checked the views of the then Minister, now the leader of the Fianna Fáil Party, about bringing his wife on business trips with him, is attributed by an official to have "very strong ethical views on the matter". I want to quote the fourth last paragraph of Deputy...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: His view that this was an ethical question, and that it was ethically unsound.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Yes, absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: On 29 August 2007, the then Minister with responsibility for trade and commerce, sent an e-mail to the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the fourth paragraph opens as follows: Is there a suggestion in your memo that the case would be different if Minister Martin was accompanied by his wife? Strong views do not ethics make. He could be mistaken....

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: If I may, I have another question. I respect Deputy McGuinness's opinion and I know he respects mine in the best spirit of this engagement.

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Yes. In the e-mail of 29 August 2007, Deputy McGuinness states in the second last sentence: "I am logical, reasonable and tolerant, but I will not be intimidated by you [the assistant secretary], the Minister, an "ethical" position or the attitude of the press." This is quite a terse exchange between the Deputy and the assistant secretary of the Department. Obviously tensions were running...

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Did this colour his judgment in any way?

Public Accounts Committee: Statement by Chairman (13 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I am fully with Deputy Nolan's remarks. I found part of this process useful and the other section is as clear as mud and has created more issues, I am afraid to say. It is very damaging that any inference would go out - and that impression was being tried to be created - that Deputies who happen to members of Government parties are somehow being got at by Ministers. We all know and accept...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposad commencement date for a school building project (details supplied) in County Louth; the timeframe for completion of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (18 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: 328. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the site of the old fishmeal factory at Crook Road, Mornington, County Meath, is secured; if he will outlime his Department's plans to make this site safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/13]

Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: While there may be a sincere motive behind this motion, I have noticed over the last two evenings that much of the debate is laced with charges of political heresy against the Labour Party. When held up to scrutiny, those charges made and the charges inferred in this motion do not stand up to the slightest of scrutiny. Few of those Members opposite who moved this motion and who come into...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I have a couple of points which I will make quickly. I welcome Mr. O’Flynn. I support the comments made by Deputy Harris that we have often had situations in this committee where organisations and individuals who are under no obligation to be present as they are not members of public agencies, decline to attend even though it would greatly assist the work of the committee and the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Did the fund administrator not notify Mr. O’Flynn, as general secretary of the union, that he was involved in an investigation or audit into the administration of this particular fund?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Is the first time Mr. O’Flynn became aware of it when he was contacted by Dr. Geraldine Smith who was heading up the HSE audit investigation team and the contact was made in September 2009?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I have been closely monitoring this issue for some time and I am very interested in some of the reportage around it; whether that is in light of the examination of this committee or between committee meetings. Is Mr. O’Flynn happy with the co-operation he received from the HSE when he went to it seeking information in an attempt to get to the bottom of the issue? Mr. O’Flynn...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: What was the time lapse from the point of the first contact with the HSE and when Mr. O’Flynn got a copy of the HSE internal audit report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I recall from reading media reports at the time between August and September 2009, around the period SIPTU got the report, that certain information was put into the public domain. Did Mr. O'Flynn find he was at a disadvantage in terms of explaining SIPTU's position or his understanding of the position in the absence of that information? An interpretation I might put on it is that he was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: As we have a quorum of six members including one Teachta Dála and one Seanadóir, we will commence the meeting. I wish to advise members they must turn off their mobile telephones when attending committee meetings. Active mobile telephones interfere with the sound system and RTE has informed us that it will not broadcast any part of the meeting where interference from mobile...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: I seek a proposal for a nomination to the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Gerald Nash: Is that agreed? Agreed.