Results 221-240 of 5,902 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: 734. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the timeline of delivery for the implementation of the vaccine compensation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the policy of first-time passport applicants requiring gardaí to verify their identity. Every Deputy in the House will have been frustrated by cases where a passport could not be issued because a name could not be found in a book in a Garda station or a contact not made. One can imagine the frustration of my constituent, Sinead, who has had her...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank all our witnesses for being here today and for the work they are engaged in. When completed, the children's hospital will be an important part of the health service, although I share the frustration of many other members. I want to focus on the accounts of Children's Health Ireland and, in particular, the references that the Comptroller and Auditor General made. Let us start with...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: It was not possible for a reappointment to be made. In that case, the board had to consider the question of whether to try to retain that person in another role and whether any sort of severance or redundancy was due. Is that essentially the challenge that was put forward?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: The decision of the board to appoint a CEO or a replacement CEO is not confidential, however.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Ms Nugent said the Minister directed that a third term would not be approved. I accept that and will come back to that. Did the board consider whether any settlement had to be made as a result of that decision?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: I disagree. The confidential process was the settlement that CHI made. I will come back to that in a second. The decision of whether CHI should or should not make a payment was a decision of the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Did the matter come before the board?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Given that it is an item referenced in the Comptroller and Auditor General's reports, is that not something Ms Nugent would have expected to have been asked here today?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: I can understand Ms Nugent's argument that she is not at liberty to discuss the details of the settlement with the person. That is not the same as the reasoning as to why the appointment had to be made or a settlement had to be made.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: That was an attempt to retain her and her knowledge in the organisation. That is essentially what Ms Nugent is saying. Ms Nugent had to get sanction from the Department for this. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Is there anybody from the Department who wishes to comment on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Would it be reasonable-----
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Would it be reasonable for the public to accept that a fixed-term contract is for that purpose, a fixed term, and the organisation should not be exposed to any liability as a result of it coming to an end? I am at a loss about why there was a need to enter into any sort of discussions at the end of a fixed-term period if the board itself was deciding not to renew the contract.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: As a result, the board did not renew the contract.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: If it was a fixed-term contract, why did the liability result?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Exactly. My question is why the liability arose.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: Surely the Department, in signing off a severance package, would have had to consider why a liability arose as a result of a fixed-term contract. I am saying that as a general point. Our job is only to investigate why public money is being spent. I am asking a very basic question. Why did we decide to spend public money on this? I think the answer should be “The rationale is X, Y...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Health Ireland: Discussion (22 May 2025)
Paul McAuliffe: My question is why did a severance-----