Results 15,021-15,040 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: What did the remuneration committee decide every year - that Mr. Kiely was worth it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: No. To come to that point, the 2012 report stated the clinic was able to cut back on expenditure to achieve close to a break even result. Where were the cutbacks made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: There were cutbacks in what are described as operating costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: This refers to programmes for patients. Is that correct? There were cutbacks and queues for patients.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: There were cutbacks for patients in the programmes. Mr. Nugent has already said the clinic had to do this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: There were cutbacks in programmes and there were queues. Deputy Finian McGrath spoke eloquently about the queues which had built up in his constituency as a result of the cutbacks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The clinic had €14 million in the bank at the time it was making cutbacks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Some of it was also being used to pay Mr. Kiely's salary.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Let us have a look at the accounts. I do not understand, given Mr. Nugent's comments on cutbacks, how staff costs increased between 2011 and 2012.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The 2011 accounts refer to staff costs of €15,005,000 in 2011 and €15,170,000 in 2012.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Page 8.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Wait a minute. The staff costs increased.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Did the clinic have more staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It did not have more staff. In 2011-12 it had fewer staff, as shown on page 15.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The figure reduced from 297 to 281.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: Of course, I do not know the mix. That is the reason I am asking the question. I presume Mr. Kiely knows the mix.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: It is an average increase.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: There was an increase of approximately 7% per head in the year in question, which was at a time of cutbacks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Shane Ross: The increase is per head. I do not know how it happened.