Results 12,901-12,920 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: He was involved in the previous general election campaign for Fine Gael, which is true.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Mr. Meaney is very astute and seems to have been responsible for winning three seats in Carlow-Kilkenny, for which I congratulate him.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: I do not think so. It was a great achievement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: There was lobbying on Mr. Meaney's behalf for this job. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: I did not say Mr. Meaney lobbied.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: A Deputy lobbied on Mr. Meaney's behalf.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: That is a different matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: I am not questioning Mr. Meaney's record prior to coming into Bord na gCon. I am saying that it is a great pity that a prominent member of Fine Gael was interviewed by a Fine Gael Minister and given the job without any vetting procedure whatsoever. The Government-dominated Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine does not want to interview Mr. Meaney. He is sitting here not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Does Mr. Meaney not think that the fact that he was so successful in delivering three seats to Fine Gael in Carlow-Kilkenny and the fact that there was a vacancy and that his appointment was not vetted raises questions about political appointments to boards of this sort? Does he not think it had anything to do with his appointment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Is that Mr. Meaney? Mr. Meaney has not been changed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: I will answer Mr. Meaney's question. I am saying it is a political appointment. I am saying that the fact Mr. Meaney is such a prominent member of Fine Gael was a material factor in it. I am saying that Mr. Meaney has not gone through the normal vetting process that everybody else has to go through and that it is an unacceptable procedure. I am not saying Mr. Meaney is incompetent, I am...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: No, not at all.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Let me pay Mr. Meaney a compliment then and say that Fianna Fáil would never have appointed him. Let me put it that way.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Of course, it is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: Could Mr. Meaney provide us with some evidence for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: He would be crucified by the party. He would be executed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: That is another issue because Mr. Meaney's appointment cannot be vetoed by the joint committee in any event. Never mind that, however, it is another issue. It is just another interview. What happened in Mr. Meaney's interview with the Minister, Deputy Coveney? Was it face to face?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: What happened? What did the Minister say to Mr. Meaney?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: It did not need to be. I want to ask a couple of things about board meetings. The board seemed to have approximately 16 meetings last year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Shane Ross: It is included in the annual report. There are expenses of approximately €48,000 for board members. For what were they paid?