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- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Code of Conduct (6 Feb 2019)
Louise O'Reilly: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of codes of ethics within the Civil Service; the status of same in the context of the Civil Service codes; if there can be conflicts between membership professional codes of ethics and the civil service codes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: I fully appreciate that the Minister says his colleagues accept now that he did the right thing and that, had he had a time machine, everything would be exactly as it is now. I would reflect on those remarks if I were him because I do not believe the view is shared by other people. Those who look in at this are dissatisfied. The hands-off approach that has been referred to by me and others...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: At least two of them are not so-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: I am looking for only two more.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: It was €148.5 million above €637 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: So the highest one was €177 million above €637 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: That is fine but Mr. Jim Breslin realises that questions are asked by people. I will not compare the project to building a house but one would have thought that when one bid came in substantially lower, red flags would have been raised about how to proceed. These are the questions that are being answered now. Clearly, they could not do what was proposed. That is why we are using phrases...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Is Mr. Jim Breslin confident that that would have been less expensive than what we are dealing with now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Regarding the threat of the High Court, Mr. Breslin stated what might have been done but it might not have been. It is certainly unlikely to have cost €131 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Yes, but the Minister oversaw the process by which the company was selected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: That is fine but the Minister did oversee the process. He might not have selected the company and the amount but he did oversee the process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: I am not suggesting the Minister was involved in the awarding of the specific contract; I am just suggesting he was involved in the process that led to its being awarded. I do not believe anyone-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Yes. We have probably got a while to run on that. We will be interested to see what PwC says. I am used to dealing with big organisations, possibly dysfunctionally big organisations, but the structure for this is a little maze-like. I am always very conscious of not naming people but the name of the person to whom I now wish to refer is in the public domain anyway, that is, the person...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: No, no. It was part of their work that they would have been involved in that. I believe the job title is Director of the Office of Government Procurement. In all likelihood, whoever was the Director of the Office of Government Procurement would have been on the board. It was not personal to that individual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: So the person was appointed for his or her specific skills but any person appointed as head of the Office of Government Procurement would have those skills.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Was there no reporting role for that person back to the Office of Government Procurement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: I am just curious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: This person was on the board. I am really loving the phraseology such as the "emerging challenges". If I had emerging challenges like that within my own household budget I would probably end up in the poorhouse. The "emerging challenges" were being discussed. The person who is the head of the Office of Government Procurement, who presumably oversees all of this convoluted procurement...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (6 Feb 2019) Louise O'Reilly: Yes, I am aware of the circular.