Results 2,701-2,720 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: We have all received correspondence from this person. Is this matter ongoing? Why does it keep coming back up? Why has the question not been answered?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Obsessed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Would it be under our remit to investigate that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The two issues today are very important. Should we have the two of them in the one day? I know the schedule is tight.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The second one in the afternoon is very important but we all have to concentrate on the Bord na gCon session as well. It is a bit much for the committee to take on the two of them in the one day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: We all have.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: It would not be a problem if there was something we could write off in half an hour or an hour but both these topics need to be investigated. Taxpayers' money is involved and they are serious issues in the media and everywhere.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: That is my point.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome the board. This is the first time since becoming a member of the Committee of Public Accounts that I have been contacted by so many people with disquiet over the management of the Irish Greyhound Board. In recent days, I have taken more phone calls, from my own constituency and beyond, from ordinary people within the industry - breeders, owners and trainers - to convey how...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: My understanding of the Public Appointments Service is that it gets so many names and then it makes a recommendation to the Minister who then appoints from the recommendations. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Are they experienced people with knowledge of greyhound breeding and racing? Has that been looked at? Would Mr. Meaney say that the board comprises experienced people with the capability to run the greyhound business and who have the professionalism to run it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Are we talking about the business of running the greyhound industry or the survival of the greyhound business?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: What is the term of service?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Mr. Meaney was making the point ----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Was anyone appointed for a period more than two terms, in breach of guidelines, that is, more than the two three-year periods, which would be six years?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I thought that Mr. Meaney said a moment ago that it was.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: In that case, are there members there longer than six years continuously?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: How many?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: That is not normal practice for someone to stay that length of time, is it?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Does Mr. Meaney think that it is good practice? I mean no disrespect to the person involved because I do not know who it is.