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# PAC

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# Templemore
Head of garda HR steps down from ethics committee amid internal row
It emerged recently that one of Barrett’s colleagues questioned in a letter to the Commissioner whether he had breached the Official Secrets Act.
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Jun 13th 2017, 10:32 AM
# PAC
Bar at Templemore Garda College is rarely open, but has a bank balance of €417k
Further revelations about the finances of the garda college in Templemore were revealed during an eight-hour sitting of the PAC.
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Jun 1st 2017, 11:19 AM
# follow the money
'It's like we're in an episode of Father Ted': Top civil servants contradict each other when questioned
Civilian members of the gardaí gave evidence in front of the Public Accounts Committee today.
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May 31st 2017, 9:31 PM
# Misleading information
University presidents showed 'arrogance' when questioned about financial misconduct, claims TD
An RTÉ Investigates show aired last night which highlighted a number of incidents in the third-level sector.
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May 26th 2017, 10:56 AM
# Templemore
Most people want Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan fired
She has faced increasing pressure in recent months following a string of controversies.
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May 15th 2017, 11:35 PM
# PAC
'Garda HR boss has done a great service to the country' - Alan Kelly
The PAC wants to bring the Garda Commissioner in earlier than planned.
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May 11th 2017, 6:15 AM
# called in
Garda Commissioner expected to be brought before PAC earlier than planned
Vice-chair of the PAC Alan Kelly said the commissioner should appear again in a couple of weeks.
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May 10th 2017, 5:45 PM
# Redress
Caranua boss withdraws comments in which she said abuse survivors were 'damaged'
CEO Mary Higgins faced tough questions at the PAC over how survivors have been treated.
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Apr 14th 2017, 4:24 PM
# KNUCKLES RAPPED
'We can't have every minister firing out statements willy-nilly': John Halligan asked to clarify criticism of PAC
The Independent Alliance TD is believed to have taken issue with the line of questioning targeted at WIT.
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Apr 13th 2017, 6:23 PM
# moral responsibility
Staff at liquidated charity Console still haven't been paid and it looks like they never will be
The Public Accounts Committee said there was a “moral responsibility” to pay these workers.
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Apr 13th 2017, 2:46 PM
# Rehab
Angela Kerins wins big chunk of legal costs due to 'exceptional' importance of her failed case
The High Court decided that two-thirds of costs would be just.
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Apr 5th 2017, 2:31 PM
# Explainer
'Shame on the Minister for Finance': What was that massive row in the Dáil all about last night?
The PAC report into Nama’s Northern Ireland loan book sale was being debated last night.
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Mar 30th 2017, 9:43 AM
# Heated exchanges
'We'll be here long after you're gone' - PAC hits out at Noonan
The chair of the Public Accounts Committee said that Michael Noonan had threatened him with an injunction over the report.
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Mar 29th 2017, 11:03 PM
# Foster Care
'A monumental cock-up': HSE boss admits Grace case worker still in public service and on a full pension
The Director General of the HSE was before an Oireachtas committee yesterday to correct the record.
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Mar 24th 2017, 12:14 PM
# project eagle
Michael Noonan refutes suggestion he 'acted inappropriately' over Project Eagle sale
Noonan met with senior Ceberus representatives on the eve of the bid closing date.
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Mar 14th 2017, 1:20 PM
# High Court
Angela Kerins loses her case for damages against the Public Accounts Committee
Kerins was not present in court for this morning’s judgement.
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Jan 31st 2017, 1:00 PM
# PAC
Defence department justifies sale of Government jet for €418k
It would have cost €1.34 million to repair.
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Jan 26th 2017, 9:54 PM
# project eagle
Martin McGuinness points finger firmly at the DUP at Public Accounts Committee hearing on Project Eagle
The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland has been giving his side of the story regarding the Project Eagle debacle.
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Nov 16th 2016, 2:18 PM
# red card
'A PR disaster': Nama were before the PAC today, and it didn't go too well
PAC chairman Sean Fleming said he’d give the Nama directors red cards if he were a referee.
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Oct 18th 2016, 3:36 PM
# Hearing
Nama says it acted in the "interest of the Irish taxpayers" at all times during Project Eagle sale
Nama chairman Frank Daly is appearing before the PAC this afternoon.
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Sep 29th 2016, 3:22 PM
# NAMA
PAC to invite Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness to appear over Project Eagle sale
Finance Minister Michael Noonan agreed last night to appear before the committee.
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Sep 21st 2016, 10:07 PM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Has no government minister ever gone before the Public Accounts Committee?
Will Michael Noonan be the first sitting minister to go to the PAC? Or is Leo Varadkar wrong?
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Sep 21st 2016, 8:38 PM
# Noonan and the PAC
Michael Noonan WILL appear before the Public Accounts Committee to answer questions over Nama
Noonan made the announcement this evening.
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Sep 20th 2016, 7:45 PM
# project eagle
Board member says if Nama was more transparent it wouldn't make as much money
Meanwhile, Mary Lou McDonald wants Michael Noonan to appear before the Public Accounts Committee.
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Sep 18th 2016, 1:07 PM
# sunday interview
"I do have sympathy for Pat Hickey. A 71-year-old man being filmed naked isn't to my tastes"
28-year-old Fine Gael TD Noel Rock has made a name for himself as one of the harshest critics of the OCI’s actions in Rio.
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Aug 21st 2016, 7:45 AM
# Rehab
High Court: "Intense and unrelenting stress" led to hospitalisation of Angela Kerins
The former CEO of Rehab’s damages case against the Public Accounts Committee continues today.
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Jul 19th 2016, 1:09 PM
# console
HSE found out Console charity status was withdrawn through media reports
The HSE has come under extreme pressure over the Console controversy.
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Jul 15th 2016, 11:08 AM
# Rehab
"Shane Ross doesn't take no for an answer" - court hears Dáil committee had no remit to ask about Angela Kerins' salary
Earlier the High Court heard that former Rehab CEO Kerins ‘self-harmed’ after her infamous PAC hearing in February 2014.
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Jul 13th 2016, 4:43 PM
# Sexual Abuse
Foster care case: 'These are allegations of rape using implements and horrific sexual abuse'
Tony O’Brien is in front of the Public Accounts Committee today to answer questions about abuse in a foster home in Waterford.
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Feb 2nd 2016, 11:17 PM
# Foster Care
'They were tortured and degraded in unspeakable ways'
Social Care Minister Kathleen Lynch issued a statement today addressing allegations of physical and sexual abuse at a state-backed foster home.
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Jan 29th 2016, 11:07 PM
# Foster Care
HSE says sorry to victim of 'savage abuse', after apology "misunderstanding"
The woman was allegedly subjected to sexual and physical abuse for 20 years.
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Jan 27th 2016, 12:13 PM
# HSE
HSE accused of failing to heed abuse warning regarding foster child with intellectual disabilities
The foster child, who cannot speak, lived at the foster home in the southeast for 20 years between 1989 and 2009.
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Jan 24th 2016, 8:16 PM
# Housing Crisis
Councils turned down around 4,000 social housing units offered by Nama
The news emerged as Nama’s chief executive appeared before the Public Account’s Committee
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Oct 2nd 2015, 12:48 PM
# legacy
Longboat Quay residents will still have to find '€2 million' for repairs after final offer of help
The Authority said it would contribute some of the costs.
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Oct 1st 2015, 4:30 PM
# rebuttal
Wallace claims about 'Project Eagle' trashed by Nama as “utterly disingenuous”
Nama executives fought back against claims by the Wexford TD.
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Oct 1st 2015, 3:08 PM
# Surplus to Requirements
Staff at Limerick IT being paid €72,000 to 'do nothing'
“That’s absolutely crackers isn’t it? I mean it’s just bananas.”
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Sep 24th 2015, 1:55 PM
# Investigation
Nama's 'whiffy' Northern Ireland deal is to be investigated by the UK's National Crime Agency
Earlier, the Public Accounts Committee heard that a businessman who advised Nama on the sale was due to receive about £5 million from one of the failed bidders for its Northern Ireland property portfolio.
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Jul 9th 2015, 9:48 PM
# chaotic delays
Taxpayers could end up footing €4.1m bill for student grant overpayment
The Department of Education has apologised for the error.
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Jun 11th 2015, 12:37 PM
# Social Welfare Fraud
€96m could have been overspent in dole payments
Also, 62 cases of people “claiming multiple identities” cost taxpayers a LOT of money.
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May 28th 2015, 1:19 PM
# policing authority
A new body aims to radically change An Garda Síochána
“The most far reaching reform of An Garda Síochána since the foundation of the State.”
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May 18th 2015, 11:57 AM
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