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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: If the Government is prepared to pass a law that prevents politicians or former politicians lobbying their former colleagues, I do not see a problem with the Government passing a law preventing former employees of the HSE getting contracts as it applies to cases like these. Anything can be achieved if enough thought and consideration is given to it. I understand Mr. McCarthy's point, but if...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: It was.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: Everything has changed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: From memory, one of the recommendations in the report we are issuing states that the Comptroller and Auditor General oversees this entire area with regard to accountability. I think that is reason enough for us to invite in the investment committee to discuss that recommendation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)
John Deasy: As to whether we invite them in, the person who makes this decision as the Comptroller and Auditor General has just explained, is probably the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to the changing of legislation that was mooted in 2006 or 2007. Therefore, we will not get anywhere with regard to the recommendation in the report until there is some degree of change in thinking when it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: I welcome Mr. Moran and his officials. I understand he was only appointed in July 2014, but I wish to refer to some historical issues on which we need answers because this is the first opportunity Department of Finance officials have had to respond to parliamentarians directly on these issues - Siteserv, in particular - the timelines involved and the issues that have arisen. Mr. Moran may...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Let me stop Mr. Moran. The public is listening to us and everything in the country has supposedly changed. However, while we have not concluded our banking inquiry into what happened seven or eight years ago, we are now finding that we are conducting another inquiry into a bank we own. Somebody might ask the question: "What is worse governance wise?" Was what happened in the 2000s in...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: I know that. That is fine. I am talking about what has been reported on in recent months. Does Mr. Moran have any opinion at all about what has been reported?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Does Mr. Moran know what? I am talking about the process. We have a problem. Compare this with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, which is a law enforcement commission, has an enforcement division and prosecutes civil cases before courts. It is unclear what happens in Ireland where there is an allegation or report, but the SEC acts on media reports. If it reads something...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Mr. Reid is the person in the Department who would deal with this matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Has Mr. Reid or any of his predecessors contacted the Stock Exchange or the ODCE regarding this issue-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: -----to find out whether they are looking into it? I am not asking whether Mr. Reid has evidence. I am asking whether anyone in the Department of Finance, which had oversight of transactions involving IBRC, picked up the telephone and called these organisations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Does Mr. Reid not have any human curiosity about a matter over which he has responsibility on behalf of the public and into which he might make initial inquiries? Before Ms Nolan speaks, I find it unbelievable that someone from the Department of Finance would not pick up the telephone if there were several reports about a spike in Siteserv's share activity, given what has been in the media...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Does any of the witnesses have an opinion on whether the procedures in terms of alleged insider trading are appropriate?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: I will leave it at my next comment on this aspect. The public will be amazed that the Department of Finance did not make even the most basic of inquiries of the ODCE, the Stock Exchange or the Garda into whether the issue was being examined, investigated or inquired into. It is amazing. The witnesses might say that they were not there at the time, that this was not their job or that,...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: The shareholding management unit has responsibility for the day-to-day relationship. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: So, by June or July 2012, when it expressed a concern that the State had not recovered as much as it possibly should have, was that not a bit late in the day? What was it doing previous to that, at the time Siteserv was being sold? Has the Department asked the unit about what was disclosed?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: We now know that that design was extremely faulty, which led to a revised relationship framework. Is that fair to say?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2013
Chapter 2 - Government Debt and Finance Accounts 2013 (14 May 2015) John Deasy: Is there an admittance or agreement that the unit was completely ill-equipped to deal with the relationship and communications from the IBRC and the Department of Finance, and that is why it resulted in a completely revised framework document?