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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: To return to the issue of adding capacity, capital programmes are very important, as is engagement with the Department of Health on delivery of those programmes. The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform is carrying out a review of the public spending code in the context of the delivery of projects. Will Mr. Gloster have an input in that regard in...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Luaigh sé an chuairt ar maidin ar Ionad Cuimhneacháin na nlmirceach i gceantar Iorras Aithneach i gCarna agus an €1 milliún a d’fhógair sé ar maidin. Cuirim fáilte roimh an bhfógra sin. Togra tábhachtach atá ann. Thug an tAire Stáit cead don chéad chéim eile, an dara...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: Tairgim.

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and acknowledge his interest and dedication in engaging with the concerns the Opposition has raised during the course of debates on this legislation. It is always a testimony to a good Minister that he or she is willing to accept that things can be improved and to engage with issues that are raised in the Houses of the Oireachtas.I also acknowledge Vicky Phelan and all...

Seanad: Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Bill 2019: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister. The Minister has quoted section 18. Section 19 (2) states: If an appointed member resigns, dies, ceases to hold office (other than on completing term of office) ceases to be qualified for office or is removed from office, the Minister shall as soon as practicable appoint a person to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned. Why did the Minister not fill the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: That is fair enough. The report is dated 12 July and the Minister received it on 22 or 26 July. The report cleared board of any wrongdoing. Why then did the Minister not appoint replacements?.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister engaged with the interim chair. When did the Minister make the decision? He acted on St Valentine's Day. When did he make the decision to sack the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: In the Minister's letter of St Valentine's Day when he sacked the board a number of things were stated. The letter says that IFI had not implemented the recommendations of the report dated 12 July. That date is slightly misleading because the board did not actually receive a copy of the Bradley report until 14 October. An impartial onlooker might say there was enough time. However, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: The chair received it on 26 September. I am not sure why there was a three-month delay in the chairman of the board receiving it. As I understand it, the board members discussed it on 14 October.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: The reason for that is because the Minister did not appoint members to replace those that retired. That was the crux of the issue. The Minister also stated on 14 February that the functions of IFI remain to be performed and cannot be performed such as the signing off of the statement of internal control and the sign-off financial statements for 2021. There were serious concerns regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: That is because Minister did not appoint members to replace those who retired. By that stage, three had retired and had not been replaced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: That is rather pedantic. What is the difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: They have been impugned. I know it was on a no-fault basis but I am not sure how many State boards have ever been removed. I do not know but there have not been many and those actions, by their nature, impact on the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister said he spoke to the interim chair who resigned in January. Why has he not spoken to the previous chair, who resigned last April?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: Will the Minister speak to the previous board members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: The Minister said it is not normal for there to be five resignations from a board, which I agree with. It is not normal. It is unprecedented. It is hard to fathom why. The Minister seems to be putting the blame or stating that the board was obviously dysfunctional without seeking to find out why those board members resigned. There is a common denominator and it is not the board members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: What does the Minister mean by, "not having worked"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: I would suggest the Minister is correct in the mind of some people in his Department that the Bradley report did not work, in that it did not find something to put on the board members to get rid of them. In my view, that is why this was initiated. The Minister mentioned protected disclosures. I am not sure if there are protected disclosures or not. I made a disclosure, as did other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Kyne: I am happy to come back and discuss things with the chief executive officer.