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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have indicated that the tribunal will be located in Smithfield. There were issues to discuss regarding legal representation, costs and so on. That is all sorted. I anticipate the commencement order being signed within the next fortnight. My officials will bring the commencement order for me to sign. It is normally the case that, once we appoint a chairperson, that chairperson...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Tánaiste has gone back a little bit. What happened here, the length of time and the whole lot, was simply unacceptable. It took a documentary to spur the Government into action but that is now history. At this point, have the administrative staff been appointed? Is a full team now in place? When will the statutory instrument be signed? Will it be signed today or tomorrow? Are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: As I said in my previous reply, I expect to sign that commencement order within a fortnight, if not sooner. A tribunal has to do a lot of preparatory work before hearings are announced. That is normal and allows for people to make submissions and so forth. I do not anticipate any difference from the legal representation parties have had in previous tribunals of inquiry. A lot of progress...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)
Defence Forces
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will further review the pandemic recognition payment for Defence Forces personnel who worked in test centres to make sure all deserving individuals received the payment, given that some did not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22112/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: This question relates to Defence Forces personnel who worked in Covid testing and vaccination centres during the pandemic. Many of these people worked in these centres for 12 to 16 months and provided a very valuable resource but they have not been considered for the pandemic recognition payment. This is wrong. Can the matter be reviewed? Some specific personnel did great work but did not...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. As he will know, in January 2022, the Government announced a Covid-19 pandemic recognition payment for front-line public sector healthcare workers to recognise their unique role during the pandemic. At Government level, the Department of Health has primary policy responsibility for this initiative, having received the consent of the Department of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: Perhaps, on foot of this question, the Tánaiste might initiate a review. My understanding is that all members were initially on lists created by their units but that those lists were not fully accepted at a higher level. Apparently, the criteria specified that only those military personnel who were physically administering vaccines or taking swabs would ultimately receive the payment....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I remind members of the committee that it is not for us to question matters of Government policy. We are here to assess the appropriation accounts that are before us.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: If we were to question Government policy, then the meeting would descend into a debate every week.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: Every member has his or her own ten-minute slot, Chair.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: We have never had another member interject within someone's time. That does not happen.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: To continue that line of questioning, if a school currently has no PE hall and is not in line for large-scale refurbishment or a new building, how does it secure a PE hall?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: It is of very little use to the school if it does not. How do schools without a hall secure a hall?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: They do not want a new build and they do not want a large-scale refurbishment project. They just want a PE hall.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: It is just that I am dealing with one particular case, which I do not want to go into because the school has other issues as well. The officials think that the only way they are going to be able to secure a school hall is by pairing with a local GAA club and applying for sports capital grants. It seems crazy that Government funding is there but they are now going to have to engage with an...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The schools cannot bring anything to the table. That is the problem. The GAA club can bring community money. The sports capital grant can provide money. However, the Department of Education and the school are bringing nothing to the table.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: I do agree with Mr. Loftus.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: However, the Department is losing control when that happens.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 26 - Office of Minister for Education (16 May 2024) Paul McAuliffe: The Department of Education has less control over a building over which it has 100% ownership. In any case, it was a continuation-----