Results 401-420 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Does the Minister not find it strange that we are only now getting a report from the auditors that there is a serious issue with the accounts and practices? They signed off on the 2017 accounts and lodged them in October 2018, yet it is only in the past week that they have raised concerns. The Minister may not wish to answer the following question. Does he believe or is it credible that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Neither the Chairman nor the Senator is a member of the Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The bizarre point in all of this is that we do not even know whether the auditors were given full information by the board to enable them to carry out the first audit. Sport Ireland's auditors could be auditing a flawed audit, for all committee members know. I do not have too many questions because those who need to answer the questions were here last Wednesday when they refused to do so....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: It is my understanding he can give the additional powers required to carry out functions regarding the expenditure of public money, but we are talking about an organisation that needs a forensic audit throughout. I do not believe the Minister has the power to give Sport Ireland, nor does Sport Ireland have the power to insist on the type of forensic audit in question being carried out....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I am becoming increasingly frustrated. Last Wednesday an individual who was two weeks in the job was under more pressure at this committee than somebody who had previously held the position for about 15 years in the FAI. That shows the level of dysfunction in the system. We now have a situation where two board members are gone and a further eight have indicated that they will step down,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Did he receive a severance package when he stepped down as CEO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: He did not receive a severance package.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to ask the representatives of Sport Ireland the same question I asked the Minister. It relates to the FAI accounts for 2017 which were submitted in October 2018 and signed off on by the auditors. Do they not find it strange that it took until last week for the auditors to realise there was an issue which needed to be brought to the attention of the Companies Registration Office?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: Is Sport Ireland feeding into the terms of reference for the Mazars report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Governance and Funding of Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (16 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: One of the views which I respectfully suggest be given to the FAI is that all documentation be given to Mazars, including cheque stubs.
- Vote 42 — Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (11 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister outlined what the moneys outlined in the Revised Estimates would be used for. I wish to focus on two areas, one of which is the increased provision for the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme to account for 16,000 extra tenancies. While that is welcome, there is a downside to pumping more money into the HAP system which I believe is flawed. The number of people coming into...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (11 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 118. To ask the Minister for Health if a post-project review has been compiled and published for the primary care bundle PPP as per the public spending code. [17020/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Convention Centre (11 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a post-project review has been compiled and published for the National Convention Centre PPP as per the public spending code. [17018/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (11 Apr 2019)
Jonathan O'Brien: 191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects and initiatives that will be affected in 2019 as a result of the €3 million adjustment of the further revised estimates in the 2019 vote of his Department. [17123/19]
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: I will probably go off script a little in terms of the previous speaker. This is my opinion. I believe what people, GPs and women were looking for was a repeat smear test. I do not believe that was the issue. That was not the failing. The failing was doing what the Minister felt was appropriate but not knowing whether we had the resources to fulfil that commitment. Perhaps that is...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: It is not so much a criticism but more an observation that this is the reason the backlog exists.
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Can I move on to the children's hospital, and before the Chairman decides it is not within the scope of the Estimates-----
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: Yes, it is. I have a few question on it. I recognise the Minister has asked that the Government would be given a number of weeks to assess the report, examine the recommendations and decide how to proceed. I would like to discuss a number of recommendations with the Minister, however. I would first of all like to go back over some old ground and set it in context. The PwC report was very...
- Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 38 - Health (Further Revised) (10 Apr 2019) Jonathan O'Brien: There were political appointments to those groups.