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- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: I can understand that The Gathering was a factor, but what was the other project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Which has been a great success and I congratulate Fáilte Ireland in that regard. The same applies to Ireland’s Ancient East. Is there a plan for the bit in the middle called the lakelands?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle hope that the figure will increase to €61 million? Tourism is an important spend for our economy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: My next question is on how vacancies are filled by the range of organisations within the Department’s remit. It must be one of the largest Departments in terms of its number of agencies, etc.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: It is publicly known that I was critical of Fáilte Ireland for not using the Public Appointments Service, PAS, to fill its chief executive role and instead wasted €58,000 of taxpayers’ money by using private firms. Why did that happen and is there a departmental policy not to use the PAS? Please do not tell me that it is down to each agency to decide. Surely the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Why did Fáilte Ireland not use it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: I know that, but if the Secretary General spoke to any of the chairpersons of the various agencies, of which there are loads, and told them that he expected them to do this, I am sure that they would.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle agree with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: It is.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Does Mr. Doyle support the use of the PAS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: That is okay. Does Mr. Doyle believe that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: That was not my question. My question is whether Mr. Doyle believes that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: I am asking for Mr. Doyle's opinion as Secretary General of the Department. It has responsibility for all of these agencies. Does Mr. Doyle believe that all the Department's agencies should use the PAS? It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. There will be no follow up if Mr. Doyle says one or the other.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: So Mr. Doyle does not believe it should be mandatory for them to use the PAS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: If Mr. Doyle gave me a "Yes" or "No" answer, I would have moved on but the fact that he has said that it is up to the agencies is an endorsement of the fact that they wasted €58,500 of taxpayer's money on something that could have been done as well through a public appointments system that is in place for all these organisations and the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: I understand what Mr. Doyle is getting at but I would expect that Departments would let their agencies know that it would be expected that they would not waste taxpayers' money by hiring private firms to take an inordinate amount of time to fill a vacancy because it has confidence in the system that is already there to fill vacancies, which is the PAS.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: It is some waste of €58,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: My final question is fairly substantial. When did someone within the Department first discover that in the context of the deal done with Norwegian Airlines to fly into Ireland, which is being announced as we speak and which is welcome in a broad sense, the majority of the flights would be in and out of Dublin? This has been going on for 15 months. There was a good announcement for Cork...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) Alan Kelly: Could Mr. Doyle let me know when someone within the Department first found out? I would appreciate it if he could also provide me with correspondence - e-mails or letters - between the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, and the Department about this matter over the past 15 months? There might not be much material but I would appreciate it if we could receive it. The DAA, which is an agency...