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Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Has Mr. McGuire noticed any change in patterns of donations since the CRC scandal emerged?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Does Mr. McGuire have any estimate of what that might be?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: This brings me-----

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: That is the mysterious organisation about which I knew nothing even though I worked in a CRC school. I thank Mr. O'Brien for that. This brings me back to the issue of Ms Kerins's salary. Does she see a connection between the discussion of her salary, Mr. Kiely's salary and so on, and the negative impact this is having not just on the Rehab organisation and the CRC, but on other charitable...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Does Ms Kerins not believe that, since charities depend to one degree or another on the public's generosity, there is a moral obligation on all charities to ensure that senior staff are paid at a moderate level as opposed to a high end one, as in her case? She is paid more than the Taoiseach and, as someone mentioned, President Obama.

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I appreciate that, but Ms Kerins is mixed up with the charity. I appreciate that Rehab is a particularly unusual creation, but the public views it as a charity because a part of it is charitable. The message to Rehab and all charitable organisations should be to keep their books clear and their salaries to as a moderate a level as possible. It is a lesson that must be learned from this...

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: Do SOLAS and the HSE monitor how the NLN is operating?

Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: Discussion (27 Feb 2014)

Robert Dowds: I appreciate that. An assessment of each individual is essential, given his or her disability. I thank the witnesses.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: There would be no extra jobs if we had not-----

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (4 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons currently on permanent panels of relief porters in county councils will be eligible to apply for service officer posts in her Department, which are to be filled by redeployment. [10368/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (5 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: As the Tánaiste said in recent days, the unfolding crisis in Ukraine is the most serious to have affected Europe since the end of the Cold War. The armed aggression of the Russian Federation against a fellow European country is absolutely unacceptable, and it is a threat to European security and peace. It is to be welcomed that the Ukrainian authorities have up to this point been...

Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (5 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: I thank the Minister for his response. Is there an intention to have any Irish involvement in monitoring events in Ukraine and, if so, will the Minister elaborate on that? In the run up to this crisis, to what extent was advice from eastern states in the EU sought? Clearly, they would have a greater understanding of the sensitivities of the area than the EU states in this part of Europe. ...

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: Before we begin will the Chairman advise us on whether there is a Standing Order governing the time we have to speak?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: What time are witnesses expected to be present on days on which they are required to give evidence?

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: If we use today as an example, the witness were probably told to be in attendance at 10 a.m. and it is now 11.35 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: I wish to make a suggestion. If the committee is going to be in session for an extended period on any given day, there should be a break of one hour for lunch. Would it be possible to do that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Cooney and his colleagues. I wish to express my appreciation of the important work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in representing this country abroad. I ask why there is no reference to expenditure in Northern Ireland. Is this expenditure covered under a different account? Perhaps I may have overlooked it when perusing the documents.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: I am very conscious of that work because I visited the Belfast office and was very struck by how well informed the staff were. It is very important that the Department maintain that presence because the average person on this side of the Border is inclined to take his or her eye off the ball in that regard. It is important to keep a close eye on what is happening in the North. I have some...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: Will the anti-gay law introduced in Uganda have an impact on Irish aid to the country?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014)

Robert Dowds: Divorce was illegal.