Results 17,441-17,460 of 26,579 for speaker:John McGuinness
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: Yes. We will proceed. I proceed to correspondence received since our meeting on 18 September 2014. 3B.1, correspondence, dated 3 September 2014, from the Acting Commissioner of the Garda Síochána regarding reply to query on outsourcing of speed cameras, to be noted and a copy forwarded to Deputy Niall Collins who worked with the committee on that issue. 3B.2, correspondence,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: 3B.6, correspondence, received from an anonymous source regarding overstaffing and waste in HSE nursing homes, to be noted and forwarded to the HSE for a note on the matter. We can return to it when we get that response. 3B.7, correspondence, received from Mr. William Treacy regarding ongoing issues with Horse Racing Ireland, to be noted. 3B.8, correspondence, dated 18 September 2014 from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: Do we have them all?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: At one stage we asked the clerk to do an exercise on this. Perhaps he would look at the papers-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: -----and determine the extent of the issue. We can return to it. Still on correspondence, we are awaiting a reply from the Department of Education and Skills regarding Cork Institute of Technology and a report it received. A number of matters were raised but we have had no report from it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: No. 4, reports, statements received since 18 September. There is a clear audit in respect of the four bodies noted. We can note those accounts. Are their any questions on them? No. 5 is the work programme which is now on the screen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: We have the Irish Sports Council next Thursday, Údarás na Gaeltachta and Shannon Development.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: I call Deputy Dowds.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: I would imagine so. I requested it but we will not pursue it until we get clarification-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: It is not that we are prohibited from doing it. We need to take some legal advice. Can we agree the agenda for Thursday, 2 October which is the accounts of the Irish Sports Council? Agreed. Today we have to examine the three draft reports, one of which is on penalty points. We said at the last meeting that we would wait for the report on the current issues from the Garda...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: Tuesday and publish on Thursday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: We could do them all together and then they are finished.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: In the event of anything substantive arising we will bring them back, perhaps before Thursday. Should a substantial point arise in respect of any of the issues, the member should get it to clerk before Tuesday and, we could have a meeting to clear it on Tuesday or Wednesday evening, so that we can publish on Thursday and that will finish that body of work.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 18 September. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed. On matters arising from the minutes, on the issue raised by Deputy Mary Lou McDonald about the use by subcontractors of workers in the black economy, at our last meeting we asked the Clerk to engage in a scoping exercise. I ask him to brief us on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: It is probably time that we concluded that piece of work.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (23 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons for the delay in rebuilding and repairing of the boundary wall of Kilkenny Castle along the canal walk; the timeframe for the work and for the temporary fence to be removed; and if he will expedite the matter. [35252/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Industry Issues (23 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to rule number 3.5.2 of the Show Jumping Ireland rule book and a newspaper article (details supplied); his views on the issues raised and the action he plans to take; if he plans to establish a database of such sport horses which have been imported; if he will introduce regulations for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be confirmed; and if he will expedite a positive response. [35253/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (23 Sep 2014)
John McGuinness: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date will be agreed for a hip operation for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny as he has been deemed urgent by his GP and the consultant orthopaedic surgeon. [35693/14]