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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: The key issue for some of us on the committee who went into the depths of this is that there is decision-making going on at present based on historical debt. How that debt was arrived at and the decision-making around that, and now the decision-making around the industry as a result of how they ended up with that debt, really needs thorough analysis. The result of it is an industry that, to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I read this in detail and I have a number of questions relating to the figures that have been provided. As a follow-up on that, I will prepare some questions to the HSE. I accept the bona fides of the HSE in what it sent us. However, the real issue here is not the figures. There are two issues. The first is that the figures that have been quoted publicly in HSE forums versus the figures...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I will follow up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I presume at some point-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: We agreed - in fairness, a couple of Deputies, including Deputy Cullinane, were fairly strong on this too - we are to do a section here on capital spending-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: -----and they have written to us asking if we would want anything over €5 million because of their minor works. We need to make a decision on when we will do that too. We can deal with this issue as part of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: There were leaks fairly quickly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: The committee must find out what process was used in deciding which staff retained their jobs. Who knows how that worked out? It could be a case of putting one layer on top of another. Was favouritism shown? Given what occurred in Console, it would be frightening if this were allowed to happen. From the correspondence received, it is clear that a flag is being waved to highlight that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Is the meeting with representatives of third level institutions on 6 April confirmed or may we discuss another topic on that date?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: There is no guarantee that we will be here next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Could we pull the sheet down further? Obviously, the committee has undertaken a large volume of work on Project Eagle. It took up a great deal of our time. Is there any capacity to hold two meetings every second or third week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: The report on redress is coming out, for example, but I am not sure that we can deal with it in one week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: I have no issue. I probably understand that more than anyone. This week, I was committed to six or seven meetings because I am on three committees. I am on a committee that usually sits at the same time as this one. However, there are topics that we would normally have got through by now but we have not been able to because of Project Eagle. Everyone is working hard, but we might be able...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Which week, then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: We do not have to have the meeting on a Thursday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: If some members will not be present, we could hold it on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Fine. There are three issues before us that we believe are important. The Comptroller and Auditor General has made the helpful suggestion that the 4 and 11 May meetings, while necessary, are not time sensitive. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Could we fit in the three issues and then revert to the other two?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Alan Kelly: Possibly up to three weeks.