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Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Can he clarify for the record what that lump sum was and how it was calculated?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Did that involve cognisance being taken of the HSE portion of the salary and the topped up portion?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Okay. What was the sum again?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: What is Mr. Kiely's pension worth again?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Has Mr. Kiely put a value on the entire pension pot at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Surely when stepping down from an organisation, having worked there for a considerable period of time, it would be human nature to take some interest in what one's future pension would be.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Does that gradually go up or gradually come down?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: So the pension will be approximately €90,000 in perpetuity.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Kiely was there a long time until he stepped down. How frequently would his contract, pay arrangements and pay structure be reviewed by the board and by the remuneration committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: What would Mr. Kiely's salary have been in the late 1990s, compared to what it was when he stepped down recently?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Was it in any way performance related?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: So there were very infrequent reviews, if ever. Mr. Kiely had an expectation that this would be his salary. How was that expectation defined? Was it on a fairly informal basis with the board?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Mr. Nugent was on the remuneration committee. He joined the board in the late 1990s. When did he join the remuneration committee?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: So Mr. Nugent was not involved in any formal review of the chief executive's salary, or anybody else's salary for that matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: What was the purpose of the remuneration committee if it was not being reviewed?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: Earlier on, Mr. Nugent extolled the virtues of Mr. Conlan as somebody of quality, as somebody the board could trust and somebody in whom he had great confidence to carry out the functions of a chief executive of a very significant organisation. Mr. Nugent clearly rated him. Does he still rate him and his opinion?

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: In his final gesture as CEO, Mr. Conlan said that the CRC could start afresh with a clean slate.

Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: I welcome the witnesses. We have been over considerable ground this morning but I would like to make a couple of points and put some questions to them. The recently resigned chief executive, Mr. Conlan, was a member of the board of the CRC previously. According to media reports in the past two days, he has been replaced by an individual by the name of Ms Joan Hurley. I understand Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing for partial encashment of PRSAs in certain limited circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (10 Dec 2013)

Gerald Nash: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to providing an exemption to the universal social charge in cases where medical expenses are greater than taxable income, particularly for residents of nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52562/13]