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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: I welcome Mr. Watt and his officials. It would appear, as most members have already left the meeting, that they are doing a great job. I would like later to ask Mr. Watt about what he characterised in his opening statement as significant gains in productivity across the system based on the Haddington Road agreement and its previous enabler, the Croke Park agreement. First, I would like to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: Perhaps Mr. Watt would repeat who is involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: I feel a tiny bit differently on this issue in that I am less interested in the individuals. The issue is the information, and that is what I believe the remit of this committee to be. I believe members need to find out from Rehab whether it intends to garner the information the committee has requested in every respect. Obviously, there is a danger that some people may not wish to appear...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: I believe the board is well aware of the information.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: I do not believe the board should be let off the hook with regard to information the committee has sought through people's non-attendance. I am less interested in the individuals. I do not believe for a second that members of the board do not know all the information. At the very least, this committee must make that clear to the board.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: If there is no problem with the procurement, as the Comptroller and Auditor General has said, we should be wary about this. Maybe it is a simplistic way of putting this, but if there was a tender for firearms for An Garda Síochána and they were used, hypothetically, in an illegal shooting, would the Committee of Public Accounts be getting involved in the tender for those firearms?...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: So the overall figure relating to terminations for exceptional and discretionary reasons in respect of the offences detected is 2%.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: Will the Comptroller and Auditor General reiterate what are classed as exceptional and discretionary reasons? What is the nature of such reasons?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: So those circumstances are covered.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General not possess the means to distil those down further?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: However, the Comptroller and Auditor General has not done that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: In the case of medical emergencies, would there not be value in segmenting-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: I understand. Basically, it could go either way.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: In other words, those that were legitimate and those that were not.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: Allegedly.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: Would it be worthwhile going through the supplementary report from the Comptroller and Auditor General now? It would be useful for the sake of clarity.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Applications (2 Apr 2014)

John Deasy: 188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the means test carried out by the Legal Aid Board for persons who are seeking their services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15653/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John Deasy: I accept that change is slow and is difficult sometimes. I am not sure that it should take three attempts at legislation to deal with something which Mr. McCarthy characterised as a pretty simple issue, when he identified it and recognised it all those years ago. I accept that in some cases it is slow and can be hard, but I am not so sure that it is acceptable that three different Bills are...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

John Deasy: In the first instance, I wish to notify whomever is due to speak next that I will not use all of the ten minutes available to me. At most, I will use three or four minutes. I wish to focus on one specific issue relating to the Official Languages Act - and the ten-year review relating thereto - namely, the requirement on the Government to publish policy documents in Irish. As I understand...