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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: We will send a reminder to the HSE. No. 3B.2 is correspondence from Mr. Martin McMahon regarding investigation by the PAC of widespread misclassification of workers as self employed, to be noted and a copy forwarded to the Department of Social Protection for a note on the matter. No. 3B.3 is correspondence received anonymously from a member of An Garda Síochána regarding waste...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Mr. Goulding did not fail to attend.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: We should not make a judgment this morning.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: I understand that, but we have to be careful because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: We will pursue it further in the afternoon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: We cannot do it now because we have to hold our meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: It will not be next week. The fact of the matter is that the individuals, as the clerk remarked, have been put on notice. They have not stated that they would not attend. We are simply setting up the meeting for next week in the context of who will attend. We understand that they have not responded and we are just going to check, but our meeting will go ahead next Thursday. We will let...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy O'Donnell, and then we must finish on this matter. We are just going around the houses with it now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: That is okay. Ms Laverne McGuinness will be attending on behalf of Mr. O'Brien with officials from the HSE. The request was for Mr. Cregan to be taken separately, but that request was denied and we will take Mr. Cregan and the HSE together.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: The chairman of the CRC's new board will be present.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Yes. I understand that the witnesses from our previous meeting, with the exception of Mr. Kiely, have been put on notice.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: With the exception of Mr. Kiely, the three individuals are Mr. Conlon, Mr. Martin and Mr. Nugent. Separate from the clerk's direct contacts with the representative of that group, we will now direct our invitation to these individuals.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Turning to individual correspondence, we received correspondence dated 12 June 2014 from Ms Patricia Doherty, CEO of St. Michael's House, in reply to correspondence received from Dr. Mark Harrold. This is to be noted and a copy forwarded to Dr. Harrold.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 19 June agreed? Agreed. The next issue is matters arising from the minutes. The replies on the issue of the compellability requests are being drafted and are not ready for members this morning. I suggest that we meet the parliamentary legal adviser on this at 2.30 p.m. We could not meet her this morning because another meeting was being held. This...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: The Accounting Officer for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: I understand that, but perhaps the Deputy could start by fleshing out the issue and afterwards, if it is still not to his satisfaction, we can pursue it with the appropriate Accounting Officer.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: If it is not complete we can follow up on it. If there are questions that arise at today's hearings which remain unanswered we can liaise with the clerk and write to the appropriate people.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jun 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.3 is correspondence dated 25 June from Mr Tony O’Brien of the HSE, regarding the invitation to attend our meeting on 3 July 2014. Mr Cregan completed his report on the CRC and members now have a copy. The report raises issues on governance and oversight which we want to examine, as we must complete our report to the Dáil on issues relating to section 38 and section 39...