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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: No. 3B is individual correspondence. Correspondence dated 14 September 2015 has been received from Mr. Joseph Hehir on the cost of prescribed drugs on State schemes, to be noted, published and forwarded to the HSE for a note on the matter. I asked the HSE to respond to it in time for our meeting on 22 October, given that controlling the spend on drugs is central to budgeting at the HSE. ...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: I will undertake to do it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: He has been working on it and we can take it that the Deputy's wishes will be followed through.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We must get the information before us. All the information we have to date is pointing in that direction.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We want to get further information to ensure we are on the right track and then make the recommendation clearly to the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: Yes, and the sooner we make the decision, the better.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: No. 3C is documents related to today's meeting. Nos. 3C.1 and 3C.3 are the opening statement and presentation for today's second session. All of these are to be noted and published. Regarding No. 3C, the documents for today's meeting, at 9 p.m. last night, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, wrote to the committee and presented 41 documents running to hundreds of pages, which relate...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: The meeting today was to deal with the hearing of evidence or rather, a statement from the Northern Ireland committee, to get an overview of its work to date and to get its input into our hearing with NAMA. That was very constructive and the right approach to take. What happened this morning in private session is that we were cautioned as to how we conduct our business. As I said then and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We were just reminded of our Standing Orders and reminded of what I read out before each and every meeting concerning how we take evidence, who we take evidence from and about not making findings, which we understand clearly. Mr. Hearne also mentioned the fact that any aspect of criminality is a matter for An Garda Síochána.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: In defence of the two civil servants, they are simply doing what they have been instructed to do and the Deputy needs to understand that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: Given the work programme for today, we can deal with these matters later today or at another meeting. I would like to get to the agenda. Deputies Deasy and Perry have indicated that they would like to speak but I remind members that they should be brief so that we can get back to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We will now move to No. 4.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: Sorry, we have agreed to deal with those matters at a later date. On No. 4, I will ask Mr. McCarthy to comment on some of the exceptional items in the audit of the various agencies that is before us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: The DDDA report is at an advanced stage and we can include a commentary, as Deputy Costello suggested in that report as well as some recommendations in regard to the issues at Longboat Quay. Deputy Costello can certainly raise the issue with NAMA, as part of its accounts. We will come back to these issues under the DDDA report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: Does Mr. McCarthy wish to comment on the audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We can raise that matter. We note the accounts We will now proceed to Nos. 5 and 6, our work programme. We have agreed the Department of Health will be followed by the HSE. Next week we will deal with Vote 29 - Health, Chapter 13, Irish Blood Transfusion Pension Scheme and the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, financial statements 2013.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Daithí McKay from the Northern Ireland Assembly, Chairman of the Committee for Finance and Personnel together with his committee colleagues to attend our meeting. I extend a warm welcome to them. Before we begin the business of the meeting, I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give this committee. If...

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McKay for his statement. I call on Deputy Ross.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: We will raise some of those questions with NAMA. We will just move on Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: Northern Ireland Assembly Finance Committee: Discussion on NAMA Project Eagle Sale (1 Oct 2015)

John McGuinness: Deputy Perry should conclude.