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Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Do they have particular qualifications?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: When will the interim chief executive officer begin to engage with the charity sector?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: As we examine sections 38 and 39 organisations, there is increasing concern, particularly among smaller charities, about their income and funding. We must allay fears they have about what will be required of them under the regulations in the context of their ongoing work in order that those that are generally compliant within the charity sector are promoted and acknowledged just like those...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: The Department has handled the charity sector generally up to now. Has it information that might assist us in respect of the analysis we are carrying out in respect of sections 38 and 39 organisations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Has the Department expressed a view to the HSE, SOLAS or other agencies regarding the remunerations level in this sector, particularly in the charities we have examined so far? Would you have had any engagement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: I remind the Deputy of his time allocation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: I call Deputy Harris.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Thank you, Mr. Purcell. May we publish your statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Before we begin I remind witnesses, members and those in the Gallery to turn off their mobile telephones and I particularly ask the members and witnesses to move their mobile telephones away from the microphones. I advise witnesses that they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to this committee. If they are directed by the committee to cease...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: I ask the staff from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to introduce themselves.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: All are very welcome. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 9 - State Pathology Building Project (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. McCarthy and invite Mr. Purcell to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: We will talk to Mr. Goulding again.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Mr. Creegan informed the clerk and me that he would have the report finished by the end of March; he believed it would not go beyond that date. He said he would then hand the report to Mr. O'Brien in the HSE and that we would receive it thereafter. They know how urgent it is and of our interest in it. I think we will receive it without delay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: The Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality will appear before the committee today. That Department is responsible for the charity sector. I have received numerous telephone calls from charities telling me that they respect the work of the committee and encouraging it to complete that work, but it is the charitable organisations which are holding up the process. I agree...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Our work programme is on screen. We have agreed to resume the hearing on Rehab on 10 April. Is it agreed that at our meeting on 27 March we will meet the Department of Social Protection to examine the 2012 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts: Chapter 16 - Expenditure on Welfare and Employment Schemes; Chapter 17 - Regularity of Social Welfare...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: Deputy O'Donnell raised an issue on SOLAS and mentioned two thirds of the funding.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: It seems to me, based on the correspondence we received, the other third comes from the HSE. All of these points can be clarified.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: For clarification, the meeting is on 10 April. It is an issue which is a cause of concern and we can deal with it in the context of the recommendations we might make. We will operate under these guidelines and legislation at our next hearing and this will not change.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Mar 2014)

John McGuinness: As part of our recommendations we can deal with what the Deputy has mentioned.