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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Yes. How does it evaluate the business cases? I think that was what Deputy Connaughton asked.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: If we could get that information it would help us to understand how the HSE arrives at its decisions. It will allow us to have a general knowledge of the process. No. 3B is individual correspondence. The first piece of correspondence is from William Treacy re appearance before the committee. It is to be noted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: It is down the track a small bit with regard to the amount of work that has been undertaken. I will ask the Clerk to check and see when they are available. Then we will factor them into our-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3B.2 is correspondence dated 3 February 2014 from Hayes Solicitors, a reply to Paul Kiely regarding issues raised with the Mater Hospital. It is to be noted and published. We will return to the issue when the CRC special report is available to us. The next item is correspondence dated 7 February 2014 from Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: It is a wish not to be left out of the loop.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: I remind members that we are in public session.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3C consists of documents relating to the committee meeting of 20 February 2014. No. 3C.1 is correspondence received on 13 February 2014 from Ms Josephine Feehily, chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, with a briefing paper. It is to be noted and published. No. 3C.2 is correspondence received on 18 February 2014 from Josephine Feehily, which is an opening statement. It is to be noted...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Is the work programme agreed? Do members wish to raise any matters? I take it that the work programme is agreed. Under any other business, can we agree our agenda for the meeting of Thursday, 27 February 2014, which we have already outlined? These include: payments made by the HSE to Rehab under section 39 of the Health Act 2004; the operation of the charitable lotteries scheme and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: The administrator has to come back to us with the report. We were told the report would be available to us at the end of March. It will go to the HSE first and then the HSE, the CRC board and others will be invited to appear before the committee. We have agreed on that. It will be at the end of March or the beginning of April.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: As the Clerk said, there is an ongoing process with the HSE and we can check next week what the position is with that. We can then indicate to St. Michael's House and to the HSE that we wish to have its representatives appear before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: The committee has agreed that will be the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: No, I expect it to be in April as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.1 is correspondence received on 12 February 2014 from Mr. Ray Mitchell, HSE. It is a follow-up to issues raised at the committee meeting of 16 January 2014. It is to be noted and published. No. 3A.2 is correspondence received on 13 February 2014 from Mr. Brian Conlan, former CEO of the CRC, with regard to a correction to the record of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting of 16...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Let us put this in context. Next week, the representatives of Rehab will appear before the committee. We have already decided to invite the previous CEO and the remuneration committee to get the other information that is required by the committee. Deputy O'Donnell raised the issue of the report and so forth, and attention has been drawn to the accounts. That will take us the full day next...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: No. 3A.4 is correspondence received on 18 February 2014 from Mr. Noel Whelan, chairman of the board of directors of St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, and is a reply regarding anonymous correspondence. It is to be noted and published. No. 3A.5 is correspondence received on 18 February 2014 from Mr. Noel Whelan, chairman of the board of directors of St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, and is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the last meeting, of 13 February 2014, agreed? Agreed. Are there any matters arising from the minutes? Further to our discussion at last week's meeting, a meeting has been scheduled with the CEO of Rehab Group, together with the CEO of SOLAS and the Accounting Officers at the Department of Justice and Equality and the HSE for Thursday, 27 February 2014. We will have to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: We have asked the CEO and I presume the CEO will nominate her group, because there will be people there with certain responsibilities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Do any other members have suggestions?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: The HSE was to come in next week but because the Rehab meeting has been scheduled for that date we will incorporate it into the HSE meeting and we will bring in the Accounting Officers. Deputy Ross is asking to ensure others come in with the Rehab group.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)

John McGuinness: Let us deal with this now. We are focusing on the €83 million it would receive each year, and provided we keep that as our focus that is fine. Whether the remuneration committee should be asked in is another issue because it sets the salaries for the group and therefore it would not be directly responsible for the €83 million.