Results 22,741-22,760 of 26,653 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: That is what we are doing. We are getting a brief on his terms of reference and the timeframe involved in order that we can complete the other part of our work before us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: There are two different matters, linked somewhat through our exchange on the previous occasion. We are trying to clear the air, find out our position and proceed in order that we can complete our work. We are trying to be helpful to the Department of Education and Skills and WIT in respect of the issues raised. Regarding correspondence and the work programme, I received correspondence...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: The report is much more extensive than what I read in the newspapers today. We should proceed at 3 p.m.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: There is no way around it if it gets into the public domain. It is important to have the launch.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: I agree but I have no control over it. The launch will go ahead at 3 p.m. Is the agenda for the meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, 6 December, when we will meet representatives of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to deal with chapters 6 and 16 concerning financial commitments under public private partnerships and central Government funding of local authorities,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 4 - National Pensions Reserve Fund
Chapter 25 - Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2011
National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission - Financial Statements 2011 (22 Nov 2012) John McGuinness: I ask the witnesses and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their telephones because the interference affects the sound quality of the transmission of the meeting. It applies particularly to those who leave their telephones on the desk in front of the microphone, which picks up the noise and means the proceedings cannot be transmitted properly. I ask members and witnesses to observe...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: The first item is the minutes of the meetings of 15 and 20 November. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As there are no matters arising therefrom, we will move to correspondence received from Accounting Officers and Ministers since our meeting of Thursday, 15 November 2012. No. 3A.1 is correspondence dated 15 and 19 November 2012 from Mr. Kieran Coughlan, Secretary General, Houses of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: Would the Department be involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: Will we get a response from it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: Other correspondence received was No. 3C.1 dated 23 July 2012 from Mr. Tony McDonnell, Irish Fire & Emergency Services Association re Dublin ambulance service. The correspondence is to be noted. We will ask the HSE for an update on the issue raised by the Irish Fire & Emergency Services Association as a first step to reviewing this issue. Was this issue reviewed by a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: Can the information on that be circulated to the members in order that they have a background to this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: I intend to meet representatives of the Irish Fire & Emergency Services Association. They have asked for a meeting, so all members should be briefed. For completeness, perhaps the clerk will send out the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: No. 3C.2 is correspondence dated 18 August 2012 from Mr. Don Curry, MEC Springs Limited, re Mr. Frank Mulcahy. The correspondence is to be noted. This is a difficult and protracted issue that has been ongoing since 1994. In the previous Committee of Public Accounts, the then Comptroller and Auditor General outlined how he had no remit under investigations of complaints to investigate the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: No. 3C.4 is correspondence dated 15 November 2012 from Mr. Eoin Corrigan, local government division, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, re correspondence previously forwarded by the committee regarding Ms Julia O'Shea. The correspondence is to be noted. No. 3C.5 is correspondence dated 19 November 2012 from Mr. Eamon O'Neill re An Garda Síochána. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives he is taking in view of last months report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding serious skills shortages in the ICT sector here; if he supports proposals for an Irish technology visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51854/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if illness benefit will be paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedited a reply or early payment. [52116/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Radio Spectrum (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects the Exchequer to receive the moneys raised by the recent multi-band spectrum auction; the amount that he anticipates will be paid up-front; the amount he expects will be paid in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52006/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 19 July 2012, if the Health Service Executive will arrange an early date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will confirm the timeframe for this operation if the person has to wait their turn on the current list which 69th on the bariatric surgery waiting list; if he...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if further home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, to cover Saturday and Sunday in view of the fact that their health has deteriorated and they live alone; if he will expedite a response as the matter is urgent [52109/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (22 Nov 2012)
John McGuinness: To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny [52110/12]