Results 361-380 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Could the Taoiseach put up another 500 if he felt like it? Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Are we talking about the 18 accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: I meant are we talking about the 2018 accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Have all of the accounts for 2016 and 2017 been submitted to the Committee of Public Accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Are there penalties or restrictions that may be applied to public bodies which drag their feet and fail to submit their audits on time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: Is it the same bodies that are always non-compliant in terms of not submitting their accounts on time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Bobby Aylward: What time limit applies? Is it six months?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: I welcome Mr. Gleeson and his officials. Theirs is one of the most important Departments, given that it covers the agriculture sector, one of the largest indigenous sectors. It has an important part to play, therefore, in the well-being of the country. I turn to more day-to-day issues. I am a farmer and I am on the ground all the time. On the €100 million Brexit fund for...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Did Mr. Gleeson refer to a reduction in the number of animals? What exactly did he mean by supply? Farming organisations are annoyed that a reduction could be tied into the fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: The understanding was that in the light of the drop in beef prices and the bad summer last year, this conversation may have tied in a reduction in numbers.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: It will be voluntary, one hopes. It will be up to farmers to decide.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: In the same vein, is the €40 top-up on the beef genomics scheme oversubscribed? Has the Department any information on that? When will it be implemented?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: When will it be rolled out? Has the Department a timeline?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: A review of laboratory services was being carried out. I am particularly interested because there is a laboratory in Kilkenny that serves the south east. What is the status of the review? I have asked the Minister several times in parliamentary questions but he has told me it is not yet ready. Will Mr. Gleeson elaborate on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Will that mean the closure of some laboratories?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: How long does Mr. Gleeson think it will be before the report will be ready?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Two weeks ago, there was a report of horsemeat being found in the food chain in a foreign country that according to traceability should not have been there. Is Mr. Gleeson able to comment on what happened and why it happened? We had experience of this a couple of years ago. We are worried about the meat trade and its reputation. Why has this been allowed to happen again? How did it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: Was it discovered here in Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That horsemeat should not have been in the food chain.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Bobby Aylward: That is why I was being careful about what I said.