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Feb 14, 2012
2 min

Department faces grilling on €43m ‘Bertie Bowl’ spend

By Tom Lyons Sunday February 12 2012 The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will grill the Department of Sport this week on how it managed to

Jan 16, 2012
3 min

Head of public accounts body accuses union of trying to ‘muddy the waters’ in slush fund probe

THE head of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has rounded on Siptu for trying to “muddy the waters” in the investigation of how a taxpayer

Nov 21, 2011
1 min

Financial PAC chair questions Pensions Board value – RTE.ie

The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee says he does not believe the Pensions Board offers value for money.The chairperson of the

Nov 21, 2011
2 min

Croke Park deal ‘needs renegotiation’

The Irish Times – Saturday, November 19, 2011 MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent THE CROKE Park agreement on public service pay and refor

Nov 21, 2011
1 min

Pension regulator grilled by Dail

Article taken from IrishIndependent.ie By Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Friday November 18 2011 THE value for money provided by

Nov 18, 2011
19 min

Challenge and Change in the Public Sector

I have been asked to speak today on the subject of Challenge and Change in the Public Sector. I am more than happy to do so, because I belie

Nov 8, 2011
2 min

Cowen favoured ‘big family names’

Article taken from the IrishTimes.com By MARY MINIHAN FORMER TAOISEACH and Fianna Fáil leader Brian Cowen was last night accused of favour

Nov 3, 2011
1 min

NTMA ‘should have spoken sooner’ about €3.6bn blunder: McGuinness

Article taken from IrishExaminer.com Wednesday, November 02, 2011 – 07:28 AM Members of the opposition are calling for a full report on the

Nov 2, 2011
2 min

PAC chair criticises Dept of Finance ‘culture of ignoring outside sources’ over €3.6bn error

Article taken from TheJournal.ie THE CHAIRMAN OF the Public Accounts Committee has called for officials in the Department of Finance to exp

Nov 2, 2011
1 min

McGuinness to seek meeting to explain €3.6bn accounting blunder

Article taken from IrishExaminer.com Tuesday, November 01, 2011 – 07:05 PM Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness has said he wi

Nov 1, 2011
1 min

PAC investigation urgent to bring clarity to €3.6bn ‘double count’ – McGuinness

Public Accounts Committee Chairman John McGuinness has said he will be seeking to hold a special meeting of the committee arising out of the

Oct 16, 2011
6 min

McGuinness shows no fear taking on ‘rotten-to-the core’ civil service

Sunday October 16 2011 – Sunday Independent Top public sector staff are incompetent and have a toxic influence, the maverick TD tells Daniel

Oct 13, 2011
2 min

PAC Chairman John McGuinness had said he will write to the Irish Red Cross

Article taken from RTE News Public Accounts Committee Chairman John McGuinness had said he will write to the Irish Red Cross with the transc

Oct 12, 2011
1 min

‘Faustian pact’ between ministers and public service

MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent – Irish Times 12/10/11 A Faustian pact developed over recent years between ministers and senior public

Oct 12, 2011
9 min

Speech at Institute of Public Administration National Conference

Aviva, Dublin – 12/10/11 Theme of Conference – Developing a High Performance Public Service – Challenges and Choices

Oct 12, 2011
3 min

McGuinness in fierce civil servant criticisms

The chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee has launched a blistering attack on some top civil servants – accusing them of obs

Feb 8, 2011
2 min

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