Results 441-460 of 1,321 for speaker:Áine Collins
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: That is good. I am not trying to take away from the work being done in universities but one model does not always suit everybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: If we are to bring big multinational, small companies and PhD students together in a collaboration, they should be able to set that up. Obviously, they will be raising funds but I would have thought they should be entitled to apply for funding also. I am sure we will be working on that for a while.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I thank the witnesses for being with us today. I wish to address a question to Mr. Nugent. How many directors are there in the Friends and Supporters of the Central Remedial Clinic?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I am sorry, I missed that. Am I correct that it is a company limited by guarantee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I thought that under company law it was a requirement to have seven directors of a company when it is to be a limited company by guarantee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Seven members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Are there seven members registered for the company?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: It is common in practice that the seven members of the company are usually seven directors as well. Was there a reason for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: A limited company is a statutory company limited by guarantee which requires seven members. Mr. Martin is absolutely correct, but usually in practise, from my experience, they usually end up being the directors as well. I wondered whether there was a reason for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: In the context of what we have been discussing this morning, from what I see in the 2012 accounts, there is €905,000 from donations, of which €400,000 came from lottery funding. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: In the 2012 accounts, some 85% of funding came from the State - the €16 million which comes in every year to run the organisation - and of the other 15%, some €905,000 comes from charities and donations, of which I understand €400,000 came from the lottery funding, or the friends and supporters company. Am I correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: The Central Remedial Clinic had a turnover of €19 million in total.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: - - - - €905,000. My understanding is that €400,000 of that came from the friends and supporters or lottery.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Some €905,000 has come in from donations from the public. That is correct based on the accounts in one form or another, whether that is the lottery----
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Thank you.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Thank you. My point is that €905,000 has come in from the public in different forms of charity, of which 28% was paid out in top-up payments. That has done phenomenal damage to every charity the length and breadth of the country. We all stand for local charities in our communities and we all work with them. It is absolutely frightening that 28% of the money that came in is going...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I accept that but as the board, and as Mr. Martin eloquently said earlier, it is his role and that of the directors to manage the organisation, and 85% of the CRC's funding comes from the State. The CRC objectives state: We agree to be prudent and, whenever possible, resourceful, in our use of time and money on the Clinic’s behalf and to participate willingly and enthusiastically in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: I accept that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration (11 Dec 2013)
Áine Collins: Earlier this morning Mr. Martin stated that the board is responsible for the management of the organisation. We accept that more than 400 people work in the organisation and do an excellent job. We also accept that more than 3,000 people receive a fantastic service. Nobody is taking away from that. He stated this morning that it is his role. I have a direct question for him. With regard...