Results 19,241-19,260 of 26,825 for speaker:John McGuinness
- 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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: Yes, based on a report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: How do the members feel about that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: It is proposed to ensure the remuneration committee will attend to give an overview of how the salaries are set.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: Its representatives have been invited. They are coming in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: Yes, and Deputy Ross is suggesting that we ask Rehab to bring its remuneration committee to discuss how salaries are struck.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: We suggest that she be informed, with regard to next week's meeting, that questions about remuneration will be asked and that she should bring information on that and perhaps bring the remuneration committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: We will inform the CEO of the range of questions, as the clerk would normally do with anyone coming before us, give her the information from today's meeting and inform her that the remuneration committee will have questions to answer and suggest that they might be here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: The chairman will probably be coming in but from today's meeting we can pass on the request from the Committee of Public Accounts to the CEO and express the views of the members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: Ms Kerins is not a public servant, so if we want general information to establish the salary structure generally and how it was arrived at, I would think that was fine. It is in that context that we would ask for the report and the attendance of the previous CEO and the remuneration committee. I do not know about the report. There may be commercially sensitive information in it. We are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: We have the report from the HSE or the other Accounting Officers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: The Accounting Officers for SOLAS, the HSE and the Department of Justice and Equality will give us the audit information on the moneys received by Rehab. They will give the background and information on their findings. From that we will conduct our hearing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: I was going to come to that. Is Deputy Fleming finished?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: The accounts are on the website and they are available to members, who should examine them as part of their briefing for next week. We will notify Rehab of what is required for next week arising from this discussion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Feb 2014)
John McGuinness: Yes.