Results 2,361-2,380 of 6,295 for speaker:Michael D'Arcy
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: The 2016 Estimate versus the outturn shows a difference of almost €150 million. I ask the Minister to explain that.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: Was that 5% on the entire programme?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: In one year?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: Was the Department not anticipating that the refund would be coming at some stage?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: Yes, but would the Department not have been anticipating that the refund would be coming at some stage? When it did not come in 2014 or 2015, did the Department not expect that it would come in 2016?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: In terms of that 5% of the overall programme, had we paid that out previously?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: Effectively, it is just an accounting exercise. Where did that money come from while we were waiting for it to come from the EU budget?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: It is such a colossal amount that it makes the 2016 figure look grossly incorrect.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Mar 2017) Michael D'Arcy: Okay.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: 490. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can claim under the partial capacity benefit scheme retrospectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12917/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: 199. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive full-time residential care suitable for their needs; his plans to build a new residence for persons with disabilities and to expand respite services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12459/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (8 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: 260. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive full-time residential care suitable for their needs; and his plans to build a new residential unit and to expand respite services in County Wexford. [12427/17]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: I would prefer to interact with Mr. Kavanagh on the matters about which I intend to ask. My questions will flow from his answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: I thank the Chair for his indulgence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: I thank Mr. Kavanagh for attending this afternoon's meeting. His appointment as CEO was contentious. Why were the national governance guidelines not followed in his appointment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: When Mr. Kavanagh refers to "historic contractual issues", I assume he is talking about a contract for difference. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: Did Mr. Kavanagh ever invoke the fact that he had a contract for difference, or contract of indefinite duration, with the chairman of the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: If they could not replace Mr. Kavanagh with anybody else with an open contract from an open advertisement for somebody else to apply for the position, how does Mr. Kavanagh know he was the best person for the job? When HRI's chairman presented here last year, he said it never arose because Mr. Kavanagh was the best person for the job and yet it is impossible to know who was going to apply if...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: HRI's chairman said he was.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Michael D'Arcy: Did Mr. Kavanagh express that view to the chairman?