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- Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: I propose to share time with Deputy Damien English.
- Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: This Bill performs several functions which seek to facilitate companies in various ways in line with existing legislation. It is essentially technical legislation which attempts to stay abreast of changes in the commercial world in which we are operating. The Department must do what it can to assist struggling companies in what for many of them - not least in my own constituency - is a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: I know. The witness's job is to police it but the organisation has not policed it well, in fairness. Notwithstanding what Deputies Dowds and O'Donnell have stated with regard to fund-raising and the efforts people make in these organisations, have there been any justifications as to why they did what they did and broke the rules? Have they made any arguments as to why they felt it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: They would argue they had saved money.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: How many instances are we talking about?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: To play devil's advocate, we are in a funny political environment when it comes to pay. In many cases the issue of pay in the media can be very one-sided. I am asking the question of the HSE, and the witnesses are dealing with these organisations. Have they given justification, outside of the incident the witness has detailed, as to why they have acted in this way? Is this wilful and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: That is what I thought the witness would say. How many instances of this are we talking about?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: Somebody has made the argument to Mr. O'Brien.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: These individuals are not dark shadows and we know who they are. Do the witnesses agree with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: The job of the HSE is to police this.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: To be honest, that has not been done very well. Our job is to deal with the policy aspects of this. I am trying to figure out if there are policy issues surrounding this that have not been dealt with.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: Generally speaking, Mr. O'Brien is finding the arguments pretty flimsy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: I, too, will be brief. When it comes to the traffic laws in Rome, the saying is "It is a matter of opinion". Having listened to the debate thus far, it is clear that when it comes to Government policy in the health care sector, these section 38 organisations are treating remuneration and everything related to remuneration as a matter of opinion. Reference was made earlier to the HSE report...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: That is as much as is given.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: What is the process in that regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: Based on the information given today, is Mr. McCarthy concerned that the code in other areas has not been as rigorously adhered to as it should have been?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013) John Deasy: It is fairly clear that there has been wholesale non-compliance with or contravention of Government policy in the area of remuneration. Because it is Government policy does not mean it is right in many cases.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: The Comptroller and Auditor General is saying that depending on what is said and dealt with today, he could issue a further report with regard to those alternative-----
- Topical Issues: Marine Safety (26 Nov 2013)
John Deasy: My understanding is that the company has advised the Department that it sold more than 150,000 EPIRBs between 2004 and 2012, with a failure rate of 0.11%. The reliability of these devices needs to be independently assessed. The Minister mentioned smoke alarms. If a particular brand of smoke alarm in public housing was found to be defective in any way, we would not just issue an alert. The...