Results 10,721-10,740 of 21,042 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: The Commissioner rang Mr. Waters, he gave oral sanction on 21 May. On 27 May-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Sorry, on 27 February-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: -----she wrote to Mr. Waters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Approval was only given by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 5 May. In the interim a whole pile of people were hired before the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform gave sanction. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Is it normal for Mr. Waters to give oral sanction like that before getting approval?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: On how many occasions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Give me an example of a precedent by which this would have been done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Can Mr. Waters think of a precedent when he did this for something similar?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Mr. Barrett, I presume as the head of HR, and given the issues that the Secretary General has outlined here and given the timelines that the Acting Commissioner has outlined, I am sure he was fully consulted on all of this given the HR implications and is fully happy with all of this process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: On what dates were the contracts drawn up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I appreciate that Mr. Barrett would not have thought he would be asked about this matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is fair enough. Did the contracts and transfers happen in or around February?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Was it 21 February, which is the same day the phone call happened?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: Next question. Is Mr. Barrett 100% happy with the manner in which this unit was created, and the manner in which it functions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I will shorten short my question because it is about-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: One second now, I am asking a question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: My question is about the creation of the unit, not about its work on the Charleton commission. Is Mr. Ó Cualáin absolutely happy about the manner in which this was created, not the functioning of it? I mean the manner in which this was created.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: I do not accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Nov 2017)
Alan Kelly: That is unacceptable.