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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: The Oireachtas commission should cop itself on with regard to the workings of this committee. It will constrain everything this committee does if it applies that kind of attitude. That should be registered. If the commission does not understand what this committee does - it is becoming clear it may not-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: If that is the case then, as I said, from a practical standpoint that an agency that is funded by a Department would request to be here, is it the case that the Oireachtas commission will prevent that by sending us a legal letter every time it occurs? This is a reasonable issue that needs to be dealt with now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I have other correspondence. It is a piece of correspondence I forwarded to the clerk with regard to an issue concerning University College Cork.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: It has to do with a subcontractor who was in agreement with a prime contractor to do some building works in University College Cork. To make a long story short, the subcontractor is caught between the prime contractor and UCC. They are in a situation where they are owed well over €100,000. UCC has said it will not pay the money in that it is bound by the contract it had with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Yes. The reason I am bringing it up is the underpinning of the prompt payment legislation which has been updated in the last few years as well as the legislation dealing with subcontractors being paid by the State. Is there a precedent for subcontractors to be paid directly by an organisation like UCC? Is there some kind of nexus for this company which will be in serious financial trouble...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: The letter has not been forwarded to me and I have not read it. Will the Chairman outline what it is that is perceived to be unlawful? Is it the opinion of the legal adviser that it would be unlawful of the committee to ask representatives of Irish Water to appear before us or simply for its representatives to appear? What is the advice?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Mr. Treacy also sent a note to the committee, or perhaps it was directly to me. I asked a question about Team Ireland Golf Trust and he responded by saying that nobody who applied for it did not get it. However, my point was that the amounts of money involved were tiny and the cost of pursuing that career is enormous. I have been surprised at the reaction to the exchange, because so many...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 10% tax on UK dividends paid to Irish residents, which is deducted at source in the UK, is then subject to tax here at the marginal rate on the net 90% received and that this means tax on UK dividends is now the highest rate of tax on income; his views that this is fair on pensioners who were relying on...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: When can we expect it to begin? Will it be early in the new year?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: In the first instance, the Department has to re-tender so when is it expected to have the tendering process finished?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: When will that work be finished so that one can start the tender process. I need to know when it will happen. It is very important at this point that the people of Dunmore East have some certainty.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Mr. Moran has listed off the amount of money that has been invested into Dunmore East since 2006. I have the figures in front of me for the period 2008 to 2013 and the total in that period was €4.76 million. If I went to the other five ports and fishery harbour centres, I would probably find that the equivalent amount went into them. That is fine. When it came to the slipway in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: On Mr. Kelly's point, why is it that?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Why is it not prescribed in legislation?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: I am only asking whether this is normal. I was not asking a smart question but I was asking for Mr. Kelly's opinion.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: Would Mr. Kelly have done anything about this?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: What is the normal course of events? Will Mr. Watt be told there is an anomaly?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: The witnesses are all very welcome and I wish to focus on a particular harbour, Dunmore East. I will go back 14 years and refer to the studies and reports that were done in conjunction with Mr. Moran's Department and other Departments over that time span. In many cases, Mr. Moran and his officials will have been aware of reports, recommendations and findings but it is useful to go back and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Oct 2014)

John Deasy: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if the wig allowance administered by the Health Service Executive is a different amount in each HSE region; if this is the case, the reason for the varying rates and if he will provide the rates in each region. [38937/14]