Results 7,141-7,160 of 7,283 for speaker:Josepha Madigan
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: I heard Mr. O'Brien speak on the Seán O'Rourke programme. He said that the HSE partially funded Console.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: To me, that misses the point. The HSE gave a significant amount of money to the charity. It does not matter whether Console was partially funded or not because the same principles and oversight still apply and should apply. Mr. O'Brien's response is not good enough. In May 2016, Mr. O'Brien signed the HSE's statement on internal financial control that came into effect, I think, in 2015....
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Why was it not done prior to this, Mr. O'Brien?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: The HSE statement on internal financial control, the part of the governance of grants to outside agencies, 4.6 to 4.64. I read it and it is very robust. Why was not brought in prior to 2015?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: We can come back to the matter. The compliance unit was set up in 2015. Does Mr. O'Brien think it would have made a difference had it been in operation prior to then? Would it have helped Console?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Does Mr. O'Brien think that if the compliance unit had been in existence, prior to that date, it would have had a beneficial effect on what transpired in Console?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: If it would not have helped what is the point in having it if it is not going to be implemented? Surely if the unit was in existence at the time it would have helped Console. There is no logic in the argument made by Mr. O'Brien. I want to discuss some points that he made in his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Mr. O'Brien has just said that if the unit had been in existence it would not have made any difference.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: What is the point in having the unit now?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that but there seems to be a common theme. Mr. O'Brien mentioned in his statement that funding to Console remained static between 2006 and 2013 "to prevent the collapse of the national suicide helpline". Pieta House has been in existence since 2003. It confounds all logic that services were not taken over by Pieta House. I do not understand why that was not done and I ask...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Is Mr. Raleigh aware that the helplines were cut back from six to two between 2012 and 2014?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Is Mr. Raleigh saying that the helplines were expanded in 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: I do not need an explanation of what the helpline does. It is a very valuable service. Why were the helplines not transferred to Pieta House when it was in existence in 2003?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: But it is now.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: So that could have been done at the time. Why was it not done when serious concerns were raised about Console?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: That was not my question. Why were helpline services not transferred to Pieta House?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: That is a nonsense answer, with respect to Mr. Raleigh, and is very alarming. Mr. O'Brien mentioned in his opening statement that a greater level of funding equals a greater level of scrutiny and enhanced governance and, in 2014, that NOSP requested that Console be included in the work plan for 2015. Is he aware that an employee raised her concerns about Console back in 2006 via a...
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: Was anything done about it at the time?
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)
Josepha Madigan: I do not want the history. I ask Mr. Raleigh to answer my question.