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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a condition of the licence that anything unused goes back to the State. It is used purely to enhance and develop the brand and products. That is overseen by the regulator. How many staff does the regulator have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: How many staff does Mr. Griffin's company have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of the transition, what was the change in staffing arrangements? How many staff were lost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Are the staff still unionised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Griffin support this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: To return to the technological issue-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, this is my final point. With the benefit of hindsight, does Mr. Griffin think that if PLI had stuck to its original planned timeline for the change in technology, it might have avoided some of the outages and technical difficulties it encountered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did PLI act too hastily?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (10 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 167. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is no longer possible for persons to open new rent supplement claims in certain local authorities that are in the first wave of housing assistance payment implementation; if she will provide details of these local authorities; if persons on the housing list in one housing assistance payment wave-one local authority area may apply for rent...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know if the HSE will even forward to the committee the document that was inadvertently released. Perhaps we need to ask some of our Seanad colleagues to provide us with a copy. We should also ask the HSE to provide a copy. I agree that representatives of the HSE should come before the committee. I note they are scheduled to appear on 2 April, which is four weeks from now and...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: There are clearly two elements to the document. The first is the unhealthy, cosy insider relationship between entities that are contracting for business, while the second relates to an allegation or allegations of sexual abuse, how these allegations are pursued, the structure of investigations and so forth. Not having seen the dossier, I am not sure whether I should be more concerned about...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: That is fine.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I have only had an initial read of the report as we only received it yesterday. My initial reaction is that families I have been dealing with will regard it as fairly weak and defensive of the status quo.However, I want to read it again and perhaps I will talk to some families who have seen what they regarded as adequate provision for their loved ones whittled away to almost nothing or...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome all the witnesses very warmly. I know their organisations have been very active on this and have advocated strongly. I commend that work. They have put forward a very compelling argument and identify quite precisely the flaws in the system. I am conscious of the necessity for the State to get this right given the level of spend, €9 billion, and the cost if we get it wrong...

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it Ms Fleming's impression that predatory pricing has happened in the stationery sector?

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask Ms Fleming to remind us of the numbers currently employed in her sector.

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can Ms Fleming quantify that loss for us?

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will finish on this point to allow others to come in. Ms Fleming said that the aggregate contract model is so dangerous to the sector that if it is applied, it will wipe it out.

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will speak very directly. In the absence of a change of policy and approach, if we do not go for a regionalised, unbundled, disaggregated model that does not set price as the be-all and end-all but factors in things like quality, service and so on, is Ms Fleming saying that we are facing inevitable large-scale job losses?

Public Accounts Committee: Procurement Issues: Small Firms Association and Irish Schools Arts Supply Federation (5 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do we take that as an ask from the organisations that we pursue this matter with the office-----