Results 61-80 of 3,369 for speaker:Shane Cassells

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: We should note the language used, in that it is a "systemic problem".

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I agree with the Deputy. There is no point in providing cover in advance for guys to come in here next week and stonewall us. We can read the remit in the letter for setting out the basis on which they will come forward and, as Deputy Cullinane said, following the money trail and examining the internal procedures that exist. We are dealing with the HSE but this goes back to my earlier...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: We are blessed with the memories of Sinn Féin not being able to condemn the killing of public servants.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Corrected.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I welcome the opportunity to speak, and I apologise for shouting in the Chamber and causing disrespect. I mean that honestly and I will use my time to address comments properly. I sincerely hold the view that for Sinn Féin to speak about public servants, in particular the Garda Síochána, is the height of hypocrisy, given Deputy O'Reilly's failure to condemn the killing of...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest: Statements (8 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I will use my time to address that, given the impact on members of the force. They have been pretty firm in reminding those members of Sinn Féin as well of their lasting impact and legacy on the Defence Forces. Whatever the need in the past, the circumstances have now changed and, as a new TD, I want to address the FEMPI legislation. It is something that many teachers spoke to me...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the substantial increase between December 2015 and May 2016 in the number of outpatients waiting more than a year for a consultation in Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, County Meath. [20970/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (12 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: 497. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20570/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank the team for the presentation. I would like to recap on some of the evidence we have heard this morning and the explanations given that the overruns on the Estimates are due to a learning curve. The learning curve has cost €5.5 million more than the additional anticipated costs and a delay of a decade. The programme direction and progress reports were lacking. I note what...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I said they are effectively sterilised. We see that in respect of planners' understanding and responses to the mapping in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: In terms of Deputy Kelly's point, there is the scale of the problem that exists and political bodies and Departments being honest about it and the fund required. Does Ms McGrath feel that the money provided for the six year programme is adequate or conservative?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Could I get clarification on the question the Chairman asked about the circular?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 92 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Strategic Planning for Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: It is not consistent across the board, Chairman. The interpretation of what is happening on the ground is not consistent across the board.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I thank Mr. O'Brien and his team for attending. I want to say at the outset that my thoughts today are with the staff of Console and, more important, with the 6,000 people who use the service each year. Some two dozen calls will come through to those lines today, responsibility for which has now been taken over by Pieta House. I wish everyone associated with those services the very best. ...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Mr. O'Brien acknowledged in the report that there are three different versions of the accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: Dr. Smith mentioned earlier the other audits and 54 agencies in that six and half year period. Does Mr. O'Brien acknowledge that similar scenarios could exist given he has already mentioned three Garda investigations across the board in that respect also?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: If one reads section 2.4 of the grant aid agreement with Console, it provides that the organisation must use the grant only for the purpose set out in the service specification schedule. Does Mr. O'Brien feel angry at what he had read in the internal audit? Does what he read in it make his blood boil, given the language used in the grant aid agreement with Console?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: I asked that question because, as public representatives, we work week in, week out with groups that would be accessing funding from the HSE, groups that are hanging on by their fingernails to survive and to provide a service. I have a letter from the Committee of Public Accounts, PAC, from 26 January of this year to Mr. O'Brien in respect of a community development association, which is in...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: The National Office for Suicide Prevention said that it had grave concerns in terms of the helpline, requests for information, delivery on commitments, failure to attend significant meetings and again it is about the helplline. Will Mr. O'Brien explore that in order that I can better understand it?

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: There were never any issues in respect of the value for money for the helpline service that was being provided?