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- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I understand the role Fiachra Ó Céilleachair plays. I also understand the point made by Mr. Ó Cúláin that Ring is a vibrant Gaeltacht. My concern is that the smaller Gaeltachts do not have a permanent board member each. That is not such a good idea. I could never understand the logic of why their membership of the board had been discontinued. The smaller...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014) John Deasy: It is a policy issue for the Minister. Would there be a benefit in having a board member for the smaller Gaeltachts outside Ring? Mr. Fiachra Ó Céilleachair is there, which is fine
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014) John Deasy: Thank you, Mr. Ó Cúláin. That is all I needed to know.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I welcome everyone to the meeting. I would make some attempt to speak as Gaeilge but my Irish is worse than the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh's was in July.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2013 Annual Accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 Oct 2014) John Deasy: The Ring and Old Parish Gaeltacht is well represented here. The Comptroller and Auditor General has cousins in Ring, while I have cousins from Old Parish. My only question relates to a decision by the then Minister a number of years ago to end the permanent board relationship for smaller Gaeltachts. As I understand it, there is now a rotating system in place, with one permanent position...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: Who is coming in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: There are current issues in regard to agriculture, such as the funding of farm advisers. Are they germane?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: What is the position with regard to the legislation? It could impact the banking inquiry if investigations are ongoing and the inquiry wants to bring people in. Is the legislation not clear with regard to us compelling somebody?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: Notwithstanding the fact that the file has not been closed, if the legal advice is that we are entirely within our rights we are going to go there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: I presume he can challenge us in the High Court.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: Are we meeting with representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine soon?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Status (7 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: 267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the definition of a stateless person in Irish law. [37760/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (7 Oct 2014)
John Deasy: 522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for persons who through a force majeure situation are unable to renew their off road declaration within the requested renewal date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38147/14]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: How many applications would the Irish Sports Council have got, say, in 2012, which is the list I read?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I thank Mr. Treacy for his response. The transferring of decision-making to an organisation like the GUI is interesting. It shows a lot of confidence in the systems of the GUI but also from the standpoint of Mr. Treacy's agency. Does he have any other examples of that? Is that the only one it has done?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I have a final question, and I am not trying to catch Mr. Treacy out. There is the Alps Tour, the Challenge Tour and there may be others. Are there any people who applied but did not get the grant who ended up being successful on either the Challenge Tour or the Alps Tour? Seamus Power is playing on the E Golf Tour-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I know that he received support. Did people slip through the net in the sense that they did not get the grant and actually succeeded?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: Okay. Fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: I thank Mr. Treacy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Financial Statements 2012: Irish Sports Council (2 Oct 2014) John Deasy: He won a few gold medals in his time as well.