Results 13,821-13,840 of 26,804 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: On the details raised by Deputy John Deasy, we can first seek a note to inform members and receive some background information. We will come back to it next week. There are three matters on the agenda for today’s hearing. The first concerns GMIT, the second the Kelly report and the third the financial statements of the HEA. If we can structure our meeting to deal with each of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Or earlier, as the case may be.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: As it is now 11 a.m., it will more than likely be that time, or near enough to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as interference affects the sound quality and transmission of the meeting. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to do so, they are entitled thereafter...
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Mr. Boland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: And Mr. Jim Fennell, president of the GMIT?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: And we have John Burke from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Can I ask Mr. McCarthy to make his opening statement please?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú. Can his statement be published?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Boland to make his presentation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Thank you Mr. Boland. May we publish your statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: I invite Mr. Fennell to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Thank you Mr. Fennell. Can we publish your statement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: The witness is protected by privilege, so I presume he can say what it was.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: The Deputy just wants to know what happened.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Did the salary remain the same?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Was it reduced significantly?
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: No one is questioning the Deputy's qualification.
- Public Accounts Committee: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Financial Statements 2013 (24 Sep 2015)
John McGuinness: Let me put a question to Mr. Fennell. In his remarks about the fee of €1,500 per day, he said he understood that this level of fee was the going rate for these type of investigations. Were there other investigations in the college before or after this of which we are not aware?