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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Not-for-Profit Sector: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: At the moment, I presume most social enterprises are companies limited by guarantee, whereas an entrepreneur is limited by share capital. Should we have a separate entity that would get both started? A company limited by guarantee is a bit onerous at the moment but, hopefully, we will change the audit status of that soon. Most of the community area is limited by guarantee at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Not-for-Profit Sector: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It might be the ideal set-up for a small business as well, and both could be incorporated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I welcome our guests. I have been busy looking at their impressive website. It contains an incredible amount of information on the BeSMART programme and so forth. Well done to them. I wish to make an observation on a matter that the committee has discussed many times. I come from a rural constituency with small businesses and I hear many complaints about inspectors, in that their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I appreciate the difficulty. It was more of a general comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Is there anything this committee can do to examine that? I am talking in particular about small employers. There are quite a lot of small businesses around the country and if different agencies or inspectors are coming in, it is taking time from management and staff which is onerous for the businesses concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I have one observation to make about inspectors. I have a colleague who worked for a multinational both here and in Germany. His view was that when the inspectors come in in Ireland they try to catch a person, whereas in Germany they ask what they can do to help. There is more liaison in Germany. I have heard this observation, rather than having any factual evidence. I get a lot of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It is a bit like that perhaps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It would be great if there was a bit more openness on both sides.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (19 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It is just a general comment. Businesses are struggling at the moment and then another inspector comes in the door. People are already under a lot of stress, so that is why I mentioned it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: 120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 19 November 2013, the reason she classified a person's income as employment when it has been clearly shown that they are on a community employment scheme, which entitles them to jobseeker's allowance plus €20. [50982/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I have a concern in regard to NAMA. I have got some information from people who are supplying some services to NAMA and they have advised that NAMA is very slow to pay the SME sector for any business those in the sector have done on finishing off properties and so on. Also, it is very hard to get information from NAMA. The people who are dealing with NAMA versus Ulster Bank, ACC or the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It is just a matter of concern. I thank the Chairman for that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Mr. O'Brien is very welcome. I thank him for attending today to answer questions. When did the payments begin?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: When Dr. Smith says "some time", does she mean a number of years?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: It has been ongoing since 1996. Who audits the section 38 agencies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: I appreciate that. Are they companies limited by guarantee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: What is the range?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Are they all audited externally?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: What do those service level agreements state about payments in excess of the maximum? I understand the section 38 agencies are linked to the Health Service Executive pay policy, the Haddington Road agreement, the Croke Park agreement and so on. What does a service level agreement state about pay policy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (27 Nov 2013)

Áine Collins: Some of the allowances are sanctioned. Who sanctions them? I presume it is the board of the various section 38 agencies. What is the timeline in which the organisation can respond on their allowances? I refer to the ones that have not responded or those that are not compliant.