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- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Members of the Garda Síochána are not the enemies of anyone, they are the guardians of the peace and protesters have a perfect right to be treated lawfully and respectfully and not to be flung against a bollard. This is a limited number of members of the Garda Síochána but we must be consistent in our view that all protesting and demonstration must be absolutely peaceful...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Far from casting a slur on the people of Jobstown and Tallaght, from anyone I know in the Oireachtas there would be only words of positivity for Tallaght. There is no need for anyone to make a grand defence of the people of Tallaght. There is no attack on the people of Tallaght, who are fine people, as are the people of Jobstown. They have as much right as anyone else to protest in respect...
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not need to speculate about what people were saying on the demonstrations. I was at them. The Tánaiste glibly says that it is only €1.15 or €3 a week, which it is if people have that in their pockets. I am troubled by the fact the Tánaiste, seeing as she references working class communities across this city and beyond, does not seem to grasp that there are...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: They had had a previous involvement with the Courts Service though, had they not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: So how long in duration have they been with the Courts Service?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: They were the sole bidder in 2011?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Issues arose in 2012. I am reading this from a media report, although I am not au faitwith the details. It was reported that a State Street unit based in London had been accused of defrauding Irish taxpayers to the tune of €3.2 million. That was the allegation, was it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding all of that, Mr. Quigley stuck with the decision. They were the successful bidders, had won the tender and the Courts Service carried on with them. Mr. Quigley has now made this arrangement, as he has described to Deputy O'Donnell, to split the roles.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Can Mr. Quigley tell me what kind of fees-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, I got that. It is an interesting manner of splitting the roles. I think the Comptroller and Auditor General wishes to comment.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: They are not members of the parent group.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, so there is an organic relationship.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: And a legal distinction. I thank the comptroller. I was just trying to figure that out. Can Mr. Quigley tell me what sort of fees they earned for fulfilling this fund management task?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Other than those going to State Street, what other fees - professional fees and the like - are paid?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Quigley for that information. Perhaps I can ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about the oversight of this particular fund. As I understand it, when this issue was visited substantively by this committee in 2001 and 2002, one of the issues that arose was the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of oversight of this particular fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Is that the case even though the Attorney General had advised very clearly that there was no impediment to the Comptroller and Auditor General's office taking on such a role? Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What would Mr. Quigley think of that as an idea?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Who carries out that audit?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What is Grant Thornton paid to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: But Mr. Quigley would have no objection in principle?