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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: We could forward the letter to the Department and to Revenue, if that is necessary, and ask for a note on the matter. Following that, we will have to forward it to the new committee. My understanding is that when the work of this committee is interrupted by an election, the newly appointed committee can return to the work that was being done and continue from where the previous committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Exactly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: We can make specific reference to it in the minutes of this meeting so that, again, it is not lost.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: The clerk can write to the Accounting Officer and send a transcript of the issue you have raised. The same applies to the appointment of arbitrators in the case of Padmore & Barnes in Kilkenny; they were told they would have to wait 12 months. That delay does occur, and maybe the Department should be made aware of it. Perhaps a letter to the appropriate Departments would place it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Added to that is the fact that NAMA had said it was going to make the funding available as well if----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: If any of them required work, NAMA said it would make funding available.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Because NAMA was before us and it is a Department issue as well, maybe we can ask the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government for a response along the lines you have requested. It is an issue that will remain relevant after the election and will certainly be part of the work of the next Government also. We can do that. Did Deputy Deasy want to contribute on the HSE...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: I will add my voice. The whistleblower in this case made a disclosure to me and, in turn, I brought it to the attention of Pearse Street Garda station, which I was obliged to do. I have had one telephone call since making that public disclosure. Following that, I met a local sergeant who told me that there was no body of evidence on which to bring forward a prosecution. At least, that is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Deputy Deasy is dealing directly with that individual. The individual is outside the HSE in an organisation providing the service. That organisation is supportive of the individual because it is aware of the lengths to which the individual went in order to protect one of the clients involved. I have also been told that it has been difficult for the organisation to maintain its funding....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: And the report needs to be published.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: We will write to the Garda Commissioner and Taoiseach and respond to the HSE, perhaps send a transcript of the meeting and say for the HSE to treat vulnerable individuals who are intellectually challenged in this way is to deprive people without a voice of their rights. Strikingly, the Committee of Public Accounts has been the committee to take up the challenge and I commend Deputy Deasy on...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Are we agreed that we will hold a meeting next week? Agreed. We will deal with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding postal codes and the issue Deputy Deasy raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Yes, we can flag it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: The Deputy has raised it before.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: Given that we are to meet next week, we can ask the clerk to the committee to bring it to the attention of the Department immediately so we can deal with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: I will discuss it with the clerk after the meeting and we will see how we can deal with it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: We will raise it next week and will return to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jan 2016)
John McGuinness: We will go back to the Department and those involved immediately, flag the Deputy's concerns and put it on the agenda for Thursday.