Results 601-620 of 1,090,425 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív87 OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív57 OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Mary Butler OR speaker:Neasa Hourigan OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív42 OR speaker:Niamh Smyth OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Joe Flaherty OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Emer Higgins OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Colm Brophy)

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: At any point does Ms Delaney feel that she would like to have greater powers in that respect? Does Ms Delaney think it would be of benefit if the Charities Regulator had the funding and the resources put into it?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: That is fair. Following up from my colleague Deputy Brady's query about gathering data on CEO remuneration, obviously we see so many fantastic charities across this State that put huge work in, and so many people are constantly supporting it, but there have been times when people have had concerns about the remuneration of CEOs. That is something that has had quite a focus placed on it,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Charities Regulatory Authority (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I thank Ms Delaney. Just-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: No, I was just agreeing to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: One of them relates to bogus self-employment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I would be interested because, obviously, it is really important that RTÉ comes under the remit of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. How long in general would it take for a body to come under its remit? How long does that take on the Comptroller and Auditor General's side? Is it just simply that we are waiting on the Bill? The other thing that stood out to me with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Yes, it is agreed. Realistically, it will probably be a very long meeting because there is a very large amount to go through but it is very important so it is absolutely agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: May I come in on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Will we still be here?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Is there any possibility of getting the board in at another time that week? I am just concerned. We obviously have no idea when the election will be called but that is the week the Finance Bill is due to be discussed in the finance committee and the election could potentially be called the following week. If this has been outstanding for this long and if it is such an issue of public...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: Could we try?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I absolutely agree. It is important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: No.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Defence Vote group comprises of two Votes: Vote 35 - Army pensions and Vote 36 - defence. The 2023 Vote 36 – defence net surplus surrendered to the Exchequer was €18.1 million. This figure includes surplus appropriations-in-aid of €9.1 million, which, as the Deputy will be aware, cannot be used to fund additional expenditure and must be surrendered to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: People will be astounded to see the Department of Defence surrendering any money back to the Exchequer, considering the challenges that the Defence Forces are currently facing in the retention and recruitment crisis and the ambitions that have been set out, particularly in the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. I have raised with the Tánaiste on a number of occasions the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: We have actually expanded expenditure. The bottom line is, in terms of capital expenditure, procurement is an issue in terms of the time it can take to procure, particularly C295s. The bottom line is we are committing to a lot of expenditure, which will come on stream. It does not necessarily fall in any given 12 months. I do not accept the Deputy's characterisation of the budgetary...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Carthy: I assure the Tánaiste that I would not suggest to the Government to throw money anywhere because it is quite good at doing that of its own volition, but here is the crux. For the past number of years on budget day or in the budget documents released by the Department, the Tánaiste has said that the budget includes provision for the employment of 400 additional members of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Every year it is put to good use. That is the point I made in my reply. In 2023, it was put to good use. It was used elsewhere across the Vote. That happens all of the time. We are down now to €9 million out of a budget that is close to €1 billion. We need to a sense of perspective here in all of this. I discussed the appropriations-in-aid, which is receipts that come...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Defence Forces