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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I apologise for cutting across Mr. Timmins, but this goes back to my original question regarding the relationship between CRC and the HSE. Does the HSE have to approve that funding or is there-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Is Mr. Healy happy with those two projects, the Swords project and Scoil Mochua?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Mr. John Cregan rightly made severe criticism of some of the previous board's activities. I understand that an organisation called Boardmatch Ireland helped set up the new board. How were people chosen and how is it intended to renew the board as time goes on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I may have missed this in the report, but how long will people serve on the board before being replaced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: How long would a term be?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Does everybody serve in a voluntary capacity? Do they get expenses for attending meetings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: If somebody had to travel from Galway to attend a meeting, would he receive the cost of that travel?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I very much wish Mr. Timmins well in his work.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I will finish on this. I am aware Mr. Goulding objected to the term "top-ups", but it is a term used generally. I will not go into the situation regarding Mr. Kiely's salary again, but how many people are still getting these "top-ups"?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Are they the six most senior positions, other than Ms Manahan's where there is clearly no top-up payment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Have they been asked to give up that extra remuneration?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Does that bring us down to four people or does it bring us up to eight?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Is that three of the six mentioned or does it raise the number to nine?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Therefore, three people have voluntarily agreed to some change in their remuneration, even if that is not exactly what the HSE would insist on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Does Mr. Timmins feel the rest must be let sit as it is until the contracts work out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: Basically, legal advice is required on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: How long is it expected to take for this to be worked out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I have no doubt Mr. Timmins understands the issue puts a bad taste in people's mouths in regard to an organisation in which people want to have full confidence and to respect, and with good reason.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (3 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: I wish Mr. Timmins and Ms Manahan well in their new roles.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Seizures (8 Jul 2014)

Robert Dowds: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the successful Garda operations in terms of the seizures of smuggled tobacco products over the past 12 months. [29350/14]