Results 44,261-44,280 of 46,267 for speaker:Simon Harris
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: It is a major point. Mr. Nugent might clarify for us. Were the topped up portions of pay, in other words, the additional salaries that the CRC was paying above the €106,000 for Mr. Kiely, subject to the pension levy deductions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: In other words, was Mr. Kiely's salary, minus €106,000, subject to the pension levy deductions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: I was concerned to hear on 2 December a current member of the board, Mr. Vincent Brady, state that the board had never sanctioned additional payments for any staff. Regardless of whether someone working in a company earns €200,000 or €20,000, the board of directors or governors are responsible for that remuneration. Was Mr. Brady correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Mr. Brady was incorrect to say that the board never sanctioned additional payments for any staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: I read Mr. Brady's comments in The Irish Times, but I did not read a clarification or request for clarification from him. He clearly stated that the board had never sanctioned additional payments. From January 2010, the HSE was only covering €106,000 of Mr. Kiely's salary. Presumably, the board would have had to sanction the payment of the remainder of the salary from its own funds....
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: I take that point, but it is a governance issue. Was this discussed and decided upon at a board meeting?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: I have heard Mr. Martin make a point at this meeting and Mr. Des Peelo make it on the national airwaves, namely, that the HSE was well aware of the arrangement - I am paraphrasing - and the CRC's contractual obligations. Nowhere in the file of correspondence between the HSE and the CRC, which went backwards and forwards over a long period, can I see any written confirmation of this from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Did Mr. Martin view it as peculiar that the HSE never confirmed it in writing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: I thank Mr. Nugent, Mr. Martin and Mr. Kiely for attending. I particularly thank Mr. Kiely for having the decency to attend our committee this morning. That, in itself, is admirable and I am grateful that you are here. I will start by asking Mr. Nugent two questions. Did you ask Mr. Conlan to attend today? Did you have any conversation with Mr. Conlan in advance of coming here today?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: So you asked him to attend-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: -----and he declined.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Okay, but you asked him to be here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Thank you. For the record, how long are you a member of the board of the CRC?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: How long is Mr. Nugent a member of the board of the CRC?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: How does one become a member of the board of the CRC?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: We will try to follow.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Simon Harris: Who elects the members?