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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: The report will be completed tomorrow and then circulated. The request to have a comment in it, including the possibility of some recrimination, relating to Longboat Quay was agreed at our last meeting and it will be included. If the legislation is passed and the board no longer exists then we cannot bring them in. There will be recommendations in the report but if members want to make...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Depending on time, we can conclude the report and circulate it for consultation with members and then decide on a date to bring in the CEO. We can have a session based on the accounts and on our report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes. We will check on those.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes. We will also have to schedule a hearing with the HEA on Waterford CIT and other outstanding matters, just to conclude that aspect of our work. Is there any other business?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: We will circulate the list and arising from the Deputy's request we will ask NAMA to give us an explanation, as far as it knows, from each of the local authorities as to why they did not act on the offer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: They are not accountable to us directly so I am trying to find the route to get the information. We will ask NAMA and the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: We will get that through the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: We will follow that up also.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Are there any further matters? The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was due to come back to the committee with rebuttals in respect of each of the matters raised by Deputy Perry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Oct 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes, we cannot have that. I was just listening. The agenda for Thursday, 15 October, will be financial statements from Inland Fisheries Ireland. We will now invite witnesses for today's meeting to take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: At this session we will deal with Vote 38 Health and Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS, pension scheme. In the second session of the meeting we will deal with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board financial statements 2013. Before we begin, I remind members, witnesses and those in the public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones as the interference from them...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: I welcome Mr. Andrew Kelly, chief executive officer of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: The committee also welcomes Mr. Barry O'Brien, Mr. Peter Brazel and Mr. Brian Naughter from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Kelly. Can we publish your statement, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: We will also publish Mr. Breslin's statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: The Deputy has plenty of time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: Mr. Kelly said in his opening statement that "the IBTS was informed that the Act did not apply".
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: Who told the IBTS that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: Was it the Department of Health that informed the IBTS?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and 2014 Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38: Health
Chapter 13: Irish Blood Transfusion Service Pension Funding (8 Oct 2015) John McGuinness: Was it after the matter had been clarified, two or three months later, that the IBTS began to collect contributions?