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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: So the reasonable opinion will flow then from the clinical guidelines issued by the individual college.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: If one was to include the phrase "best medical practice", what would be the consequence? The layman looking in at this would see that as reassurance, but what would be the legal consequence of including it?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: To finish on that point, I assume that this particular issue will be taken care of within the guidelines currently being prepared under the regulations. Is that a fair assumption?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps the Minister will have a logical explanation.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to share time with Deputy John O'Mahony.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill, which has been the subject of wide-ranging discussion and deeply, genuinely held views. I think everyone would agree that providing a safe medical environment for both mother and child is vital. We must ensure the integrity and transparency of the legislation and, as stated by the Minister, Deputy Reilly, in his...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. O'Flynn for appearing before us. How did it come about that Mr. Merrigan and Mr. Kelly were the ones who opened the bank account?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Surely they must have got a direction from someone at some level that the account should be opened.

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did they establish the contact with the HSE and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Was it totally independent of everyone?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have one question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Following on from that, I revert to the Grant Thornton report. It cost €76,000 and was paid for by SIPTU, the cost of which obviously would come out of its ordinary members' contributions. If that cost €200 per hour, which would be a relatively high charge, by my estimation that is approximately three months' work, which is a considerable amount of work on a report. I cannot...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have read it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: The point I am making is the organisation appears to have been set up with no legal basis or standing. I would have thought that normally, when SIPTU sets up such levy funds, I assume within that it sets up a formal board of trustees or whatever to run those funds.

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. O'Flynn is making my point, which is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, on that basis, how can Mr. Merrigan and Mr. Kelly - the former in particular - stand behind stating they are entitled as trustees? Is Mr. Merrigan actually a trustee at all? He appears to be going behind the structure that applies within the normal levy funds within the union system, which is set up by the branch members under standing orders as set down by the union. However,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: If that is the case, then Mr. O'Flynn should explain the reason SIPTU did not take ownership and possession of the Grant Thornton report. To be honest with Mr. O'Flynn, it is as though we are in a play that resembles Hamlet without the prince with regard to Mr. Merrigan. It is as though participants in this meeting are in the play "Hamlet" without actually having sight of 'Hamlet' the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Did SIPTU seek legal opinion or counsel opinion regarding its legal rights over the Grant Thornton report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Then what has happened in this regard does a disservice to the unions, because I believe SIPTU does great work, as well as with regard to how taxpayers' money is spent. Moreover, there still is a vacuum here in respect of unanswered questions. We did not have the critical part of the report, which is the Grant Thornton report, or the main key players involved, including Mr. Merrigan in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2009 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 37 - SKILL Programme (Resumed)
2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 41 - Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service
Special Report No. 80 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Administration of National Health and Local Authority Levy Fund (20 Jun 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, and I appreciate that.