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- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I accept that. I have two more questions. The first concerns the counselling services that were provided. Were some of those provided by organisations funded exclusively by the religious orders, or organisations which are an extension of religious orders?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Would survivors have been made aware that Towards Healing was funded by and was an extension of the religious orders?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I am not saying there was a secret. I am asking if, when the service was provided, people were made aware, given the sensitivities involved. Does Ms Higgins understand what I am asking? Were they made aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Does Ms Higgins think they should have been made aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Will Ms Higgins find out if they were made aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Will Ms Higgins find out for the committee if they were made aware?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Then it comes down to choice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: It is important that people be given information in that respect. Does Caranua have a budget for foreign travel for staff and others?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Where in the United Kingdom?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: When Ms Higgins says survivors-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I am not talking about them. I am talking about staff, including Ms Higgins and other board members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Is there a budget for foreign travel?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: How much is it? The committee might be furnished with a breakdown of the budget. I do not want to pry into people's travel arrangements.
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Yeomans. Caranua has at least acknowledged today that there were issues with the service, although they have mainly been put down to huge pressures in terms of staffing and the volume of requests coming in. As elected representatives and committee members, we have received correspondence from individuals who feel aggrieved and upset. What measures has Caranua taken to reflect...
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Does Caranua apologise to them personally? How is the apology communicated to them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: Does Ms Higgins understand most people do not read annual reports of any organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Caranua Financial Statements 2014 and 2015 (13 Apr 2017)
David Cullinane: It would not be the best way to reflect an acknowledgement that there were failures.
- Order of Business (2 May 2017)
David Cullinane: The programme for Government committed to the establishment of a public sector pay commission. It also committed to increasing front-line staff, especially nurses, in our public hospitals. This is not happening. The Taoiseach has heard from a number of Deputies that the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan Community Hospital is closing. I spoke to the director of community services in the HSE...