Results 841-860 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I accept that but as the board, and as Mr. Martin eloquently said earlier, it is his role and that of the directors to manage the organisation, and 85% of the CRC's funding comes from the State. The CRC objectives state: We agree to be prudent and, whenever possible, resourceful, in our use of time and money on the Clinic’s behalf and to participate willingly and enthusiastically in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Earlier this morning Mr. Martin stated that the board is responsible for the management of the organisation. We accept that more than 400 people work in the organisation and do an excellent job. We also accept that more than 3,000 people receive a fantastic service. Nobody is taking away from that. He stated this morning that it is his role. I have a direct question for him. With regard...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I repeat that I am not talking about the service. I have never questioned the service and nobody is questioning that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Yes. My question was on pay in the context of what we have discussed here and the reason for us being here. Does Mr. Martin think that CRC management has been prudent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: The board did not even discuss it with management.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Was management asked to take-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: When one looks at how far Ireland has come since 2008-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Can I make the following point?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Since 2008 practically every private company in the country, or at least most people at senior level, have taken reductions in their salary. Everybody has been affected. The witnesses, in the prudent management of the board, made a decision, without discussing it with the five members of staff in receipt of a top-up, in some cases the top-up was almost as much as their salary and in other...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: -----based on their recommended salary.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Does Mr. Martin still think that was prudent?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Sorry, nine people. I was looking at 2012 figures and apologise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Mr. Martin is not answering my question. I asked if he thought it was prudent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I appreciate that but in the board's prudent management of the organisation it did not discuss it with the management staff and ask them that question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: That was at a time when everybody else in the country took a pay cut.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Not everybody, that is generalisation. A significant number of people in the country took pay cuts, across all organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I accept that and that has been done in every organisation-----