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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Given that we are at an early stage with the report, members who want to make comments on it can take the opportunity to talk to the clerk to the committee. No. 6 is any other business.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: We can start by bringing it to the attention of the Central Bank and we will get a note on it. When we receive the note and understand the background to it from the Central Bank's perspective, the Deputy can decide whether he wants to discuss it further. The first step is to get the information, if the Deputy agrees. We will do it immediately and report back to the members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes, we will get a note on it. On the matter the Taoiseach raised yesterday, which is in the public domain, regarding the Comptroller and Auditor General and the value for money report regarding the sale of a company, I understand the Comptroller and Auditor General has no remit in the area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: It is better that is answered by-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: -----by the statement that this committee or the Comptroller and Auditor General, as it stands, do not have the remit to question IBRC on the particular sale of the company they are speaking about. However, it is the case that if the Government decided to change the legislation or to bring in specific legislation in regard to that type of inquiry, it could then be done, but not now. I was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Again, I am not answering for the Comptroller and Auditor General, but I just want to move it on, if I can. The Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 deals with the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. In this particular instance, neither the Comptroller and Auditor General nor, by extension, the PAC has any responsibility or any remit in regard to IBRC. While the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: I think the kernel of this argument is that it has to be an independent analysis. That is where the Taoiseach was coming from. In the context of having an independent analysis, I am sure his office and the Government are looking at the legislation to do with this committee, or indeed to do with the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: There is also the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Maybe that is an alternative. I do not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: I am sure the Government will be looking at it. We will keep in touch with that through the clerk.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Thank you, Deputy Perry. We will move on. Before we call the witnesses, I would like to mention that we wrote to NAMA in relation to a particular individual case. We sent on the correspondence to it. I propose we should ask NAMA to give us an update on the same matter, which relates to an individual in Mullingar, because it has not been resolved. Apparently, there has been no contact....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: It is still unclear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: We are particularly clear about it. We asked that we would be notified. We also asked that the two groups which were here would be at that meeting. That is the way it was agreed in the context of the Department making contact and arranging the meeting. We will check and we will notify members during the day. I would like to mention a further letter regarding the Dublin Docklands...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Were the officials in contact with the Deputy? That was the way we left it. We agreed that they would contact the Deputy and all the groups we brought in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: I think we should bring that to the attention of the Department official who was here. Agreements or arrangements that are reached here at our meetings should be followed through, regardless of what they are, if those agreements are unanimous, as this one was at the time. We should ensure that, on each occasion, it is followed through to the letter of the agreement that is made.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: We will now move on to today's business. We have agreed our business for next week. Today we will deal with the HSE witnesses we have asked to attend.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: I think we had agreed to do that. We asked members who have any contact names to bring them forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Apr 2015)
John McGuinness: Yes, members can give the clerk the names of people who have had experiences of one kind or another. We can analyse those and move ahead with that suggestion.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John McGuinness: I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones because they interfere with the sound quality of the meeting. I ask everyone to ensure their mobile phones are removed from the desks because if they are left sitting in front of microphones, interference can be picked up. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015) John McGuinness: I ask the officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to introduce themselves.