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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: -----campaign on his or her case. Where the Ombudsman identifies concerns, it is important for us as a committee that we not let them stop at our door. We must ensure that they are brought to the public service providers. I propose that we write a letter regarding the concerns outlined in the paragraph on long-running schemes, etc., to the Departments to which they are relevant and ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It has been proposed that we meet and discuss the overall issue. Is that agreed? Agreed. At that point we might send letters concerning the information detailed in this report. Is that agreed? Agreed. Ag an bpointe seo, ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe go léir as teacht isteach agus eolas iontach maith a chur ar fáil. Tá a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00027/12, P00030/12 and P00032/12 (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The first petition for consideration by the committee is P00027/12 from Mr. John O'Sullivan on issues arising regarding the Employment Appeals Tribunal. The recommendation is that the committee refer this petition to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for consideration, with a report to the committee, on the basis that the Department is currently seeking to reform the structure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00027/12, P00030/12 and P00032/12 (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, that is very important. The petition is open and this is only the preliminary stage of our investigation. That will be communicated. The next petition for consideration for the committee is P00030/12 from Mr. Des Keane, concerning the issue of capital cases commuted prior to 1990 and which do not amount to a sentence, with the result that this group of prisoners have no redress to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00027/12, P00030/12 and P00032/12 (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We may have to meet every second or third week so the necessary background work can be done to investigate each of these petitions. There is a considerable amount of work to be done.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Radio Spectrum Management (11 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the 4G network to be rolled out across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (11 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that all enterprises will have access to fibre based broadband connectivity. [41605/12]

Other Questions: Disability Allowance (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned by the rate of refusal of disability allowance at first application in view of the fact that 33% of appeals against these refusals are successful. [44561/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fears caused by the proposal to cut the free travel scheme for older persons and those with disabilities; and her intentions with regard to the scheme. [44562/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish immediately the internal Bus Éireann investigation into the maintenance of the bus involved in the Kentstown, County Meath, bus incident and maintenance of Bus Éireann school bus fleet carried out by a person (details supplied). [44140/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the major problems seems to be the split responsibility of an auditor with regard to the clients and the reporting of a true and fair situation within a company. An important element of that is the ownership of the organisation and the liberalisation of ownership would have an influence over the corporate direction of some of the organisations. There is an old saying that if one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand, but I wish to make one point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The auditors were supposed to indicate whether a bank would be a going concern for the following year. Some of the banks covered were audited and within six months they had collapsed. This demonstrates that the auditors did not fulfil their responsibilities. That is beyond a shadow of doubt and it is a costly fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are trying to indicate some level of regulation with regard to auditing on an EU-wide basis. There is no doubt that either the auditing by those individual auditors was wrong, or the system was wrong. We are in the aftermath of what occurred. Mr. Moynihan stated that it is impossible for people to see into the future, but we need to create a system whereby auditors and the State have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked how this proposal would solve the problem, or are there plans within the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to develop legislation for the State to ensure the collapse with regard to auditing and the banks will not be repeated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: What was in the 2006 directive and what is potentially in this directive that will prevent the mistakes made in auditing during the banking crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that and I understand what Mr. Houlihan has said, that legally, under the current framework, nobody can point to the fact, in a court of law, that these auditors were wrong. However, outside of the law, we know that they gave banks a clean bill of health for a year and six months later those banks were under a banking guarantee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is relevant though, because if this regulation does not deal with these issues then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-US Economic Relations: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (16 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Bhí an cur i láthair sin an-suimiúil. It goes without saying that the relationship between Ireland and the US is of great importance, as is the success of Ireland in attracting foreign direct investment and of US companies operating here. This relationship must be strengthened and developed. It is startling to note that 107,000 people are employed by US firms, while Irish...