# PAC

All time

Commissioner: Gardaí seeing a "rush to violence" across society

Noirín O’Sullivan says the spike in homicides in the past year is not attributable to organised crime, but to domestic and other issues.

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Jul 10th 2014, 1:33 PM

# not perfect

'We knew we’d overstepped the mark' - former CRC Chair admits ignoring HSE

TD Simon Harris said that the Clinic’s board showed “blatant disregard” for the HSE when it hired Brian Conlan.

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Jul 3rd 2014, 9:55 PM

# salary top-ups

The CRC hasn't asked for Paul Kiely to repay part of his €742K pay-out... yet

During today’s PAC meeting, Shane Ross questioned how the HSE could not know about the CRC’s charitable wing. He said it took him just 20 minutes to discover its existence.

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Jul 3rd 2014, 1:37 PM

# one out of four aint bad

PAC will be discussing the CRC today, but who is going to turn up?

Former CRC chair Hamilton Goulding will attend, as will his successor Kieran Timmins.

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Jul 3rd 2014, 6:30 AM

# Small mercies

It turns out the Mahon Tribunal is going to cost less than was previously thought*

*Though it’s still a whopping €159 million.

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Jun 26th 2014, 12:06 PM

# PAC

Ex-CRC chief "extremely ill", unable to answer questions about €742k pay-off

The Public Accounts Committee is due to hold further hearings on the scandal hit disability clinic next week.

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Jun 26th 2014, 10:47 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

How should Irish adoption laws be changed?

Representatives from a number of groups will address the Health Committee on this issue today.

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Jun 26th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Impact

Hospital workers ballot in support of industrial ballot, but might not affect services

The action involves five hospitals in the Limerick group.

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Jun 20th 2014, 7:41 PM

# Rehab

PAC told to give more info about why it wants to quiz Frank Flannery and Angela Kerins

The Public Accounts Committee will now seek talks with another Dáil committee overs its efforts to compel the former Rehab CEOs.

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Jun 19th 2014, 5:30 PM

# It Wasn't Me

'Ignoring' the system gives speeders an 86% chance of avoiding punishment

John O’Brien, the former head of the Garda Traffic Corps, told the PAC that GSOC failed to act on foot of a report he carried out on the penalty points system in 2008.

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Jun 19th 2014, 4:55 PM

# Road Safety Authority

Driver deaths are down, but "more vulnerable" road users are being killed

The Public Accounts Committee was also told that about 130,000 more cars were taxed this year following an end to the practice where vehicles could be declared as “off-road” after the fact.

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Jun 19th 2014, 1:30 PM

# Oireachtas agenda

PAC will be examining penalty points and speed cameras today

What else will the folks on Kildare Street be discussing?

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Jun 19th 2014, 9:00 AM

# PAC

'Should I go in and sit on my hands?': PAC chair defends call for health bosses to quit

John McGuinness said it wasn’t an attempt to grab headlines.

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Jun 14th 2014, 1:56 PM

# Awkward

'Publicity seeking' McGuinness criticised by his own committee over resignation call

John McGuinness’s call for two senior health officials to resign during a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee yesterday has been criticised by some of his colleagues.

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Jun 13th 2014, 1:25 PM

# Medical Cards

PAC Chair says HSE is 'not fit for purpose'

John McGuinness called on the HSE’s Director General and the Secretary General of the Department of Health to resign.

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Jun 12th 2014, 4:50 PM

# Rehab

PAC's attempts to question Frank Flannery and Angela Kerins 'nobbled'

The Public Accounts Committee will now seek outside legal advice as it continues efforts to compel former Rehab executives to come before it.

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Jun 12th 2014, 11:05 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

What makes someone eligible for a medical card?

Tony O’Brien, Director General of the HSE, will give the lowdown to the PAC this morning.

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Jun 12th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Rehab

No 'slam dunk' for ex-Rehab chiefs as CPP yet to rule on compellability

Mary Lou McDonald said it would be ‘quite wrong’ to pre-judge the view of the committee.

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Jun 9th 2014, 9:08 AM

# Committee wars

'Totally unacceptable': Concern that PAC has monopoly on probe into spending of €3.25bn

The Oireachtas Health Committee is seeking to change the rules that currently prevent any other Oireachtas committee from investigating matters that are already being probed by the powerful Public Accounts Committee.

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Jun 6th 2014, 7:30 AM

# Oireachtas agenda

What will NAMA have to say about its predicted profits at the PAC?

NAMA officials will be grilled by the Public Accounts Committee on the details of their latest annual report….

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May 29th 2014, 9:00 AM

# Rehab Group

'This isn't anything personal': PAC denies accusation of bias against Angela Kerins

Solicitors for the former Rehab boss had accused the Public Accounts Committee of being biased against her.

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May 16th 2014, 11:00 PM

# Job Done

John Moran: There was no sinister reason for my resignation

Moran said his main objective was for Ireland to exit the Troika bailout and we’ve done that now.

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May 8th 2014, 2:28 PM

# legal letters

Here are the letters Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery sent to PAC

Kerins’s solicitor says the former CEO of Rehab was hopitalised after her last appearance.

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May 6th 2014, 8:36 PM

# terms of reference

PAC "not serving public fully" and needs more powers

Simon Harris says that the terms governing who the PAC can examine are “too rigid”.

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May 4th 2014, 1:42 PM

# Fraud

Gardaí investigate employees at Burton's department over €1.2m claims

It is alleged that the employees were making payments to a number of individuals that were “not appropriate”.

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May 1st 2014, 7:10 PM

# Compellability

Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery to be forced before PAC after they 'throw kitchen sink' at committee

The Public Accounts Committee is seeking powers of compellability in the case of the two former CEOs at the disability organisation.

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May 1st 2014, 10:48 AM

# Prime Time

Failings at UK care home run by Rehab 'raises questions' for Ireland

A Prime Time investigation revealed that standards of care were not met at a care home run by Rehab Group.

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Apr 25th 2014, 12:24 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everyone’s talking about Sean FitzPatrick being found not guilty.

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Apr 16th 2014, 11:15 PM

# Rehab

Two weeks' notice: PAC WILL compel Kerins and Flannery to appear if they don't get answers

If they don’t cooperate and hand over all required information, the Committee will compel the former Rehab CEOs to appear in person.

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Apr 16th 2014, 7:55 PM

# behind closed doors

The PAC is having another meeting about Rehab later - but you're not allowed to watch it

Members of the Public Accounts Committee will discuss the ongoing controversy at Rehab and whether they should compel its former CEOs, Frank Flannery and Angela Kerins, later today.

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Apr 16th 2014, 12:00 PM

# kickbacks

Bus Éireann: We treat corruption claims with the utmost gravity

The company said it will publish the content of an affidavit in which a whistleblower claimed managers took ‘kickbacks’ in return for guaranteeing school bus route contracts.

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Apr 14th 2014, 10:00 AM