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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: I am afraid I-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Well, you abolished town councils.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: There is a substantive point. The Department issued a report on local government relatively recently and we discussed it the last time Mr. Watt appeared before the committee. We talked about the provision of services at a local level. The Department is dealing with that on an ongoing basis. The point that I and possibly others have made was whether a deficit exists after the abolition of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: There are two sides to the issue. I am not disagreeing with what the Chairman said, but I have referred to this committee as the epicentre of parliamentary hyperbole. I am not referring to the Chairman in that regard, but on occasion the committee acts in the way I have described. Sometimes members let outrage flutter around the room like confetti. It is the case that they make a meal of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: My point is that it can go too far.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund (19 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Mr. Watt is probably thinking, "It is over, thank God."

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Something significant happened after our meeting last week. During that meeting with the officials from the Department of Justice and Equality, the debate strayed into the issue of burglary. When the witnesses were being questioned, one of the senior officials in the Department of Justice and Equality made a comment that in their opinion judges were not taking burglaries seriously enough....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: I propose that the Department of Justice and Equality explain to this committee why the official in question was forced to apologise in writing to the President of the District Court. The official gave an honestly held opinion which is backed up by the legislation now going through Parliament. The pressure put on the official to write the apology was uncalled for. I believe the official...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Sure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: I read the transcript of the committee meeting in question and it is very clear what the official said on the day. If the committee asks for clarification from the Department it will just be a regurgitation of "There was no attempt to criticise the Judiciary." I am afraid the committee will get nowhere with that approach. It was very clear, and I read the transcript a couple of times. I...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: The motion mentions poorer outcomes for patients, safety and quality of patient care, standards of treatment, elderly patients and conditions that may jeopardise patient care. If one just arrived from a different country, walked into this Parliament and picked up the motion and read it, one would probably consider it to be quite reasonable if one did not know who was running the health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Allowances (10 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: 465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the monthly rent allowance paid to public servants and officials of his Department who are serving the State in the United Kingdom and in mainland Europe, by location; by grade; by family size. [39425/15]

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Three minutes.

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: I would like to talk about the knowledge development box and the issues surrounding foreign direct investment. It is fair to say we needed to do something once the Government agreed to abolish the double Irish tax relief, which is being phased out over five years. The partial solution arrived at is the knowledge development box, otherwise called a patent box. It is nothing new. Other...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: With regard to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement, the committee had suggested - or maybe I did not - that when the representatives from the Office of Government Procurement appear at the committee we should deal with the tendering arrangements for the Aran Islands air service, the construction of the contract and the tenders within the...

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: May I put a question, Chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: Mr. Waters indicated that the process of finding a new Secretary General will be gone through again when the "time is right". What exactly does that mean? Surely, within any Department, particularly a Department like Justice and Equality, we should seek to have the post of Secretary General filled in a permanent capacity?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: However, Mr. Waters will know the institutional history with regard to a Department like Justice and Equality. He is there long enough. Has a situation ever arisen previously where there was a lapse or gap?

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: That is fine.

Public Accounts Committee: Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General 2014
Vote 21: Prisons
Vote 24: Department of Justice and Equality
Chapter 9: Development of Prison Accommodation in Dublin (5 Nov 2015)

John Deasy: I am not questioning that at all.