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MOST QUESTIONS WILL be put to the Central Remedial Clinic once the Oireachtas receives a detailed report on the organisation’s inner workings.
Other organisations have also been called to discuss their finances under an emergency motion passed today at the Health Committee.
Deputy John McGuinness, Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, confirmed this afternoon that the “board and staff, including the former chief executives of the CRC” will be called before the committee to discuss a range of legacy issues in more detail.
‘Maximum disclosure’
He says the accounts being prepared will deliver ‘maximum disclosure’.
“Adequacy of governance and controls, remuneration, the use of charitable funds and issues relating to the CRC Medical Devices company” will all addressed in the report.
A date has been set for 31 March for the report to be completed, currently being prepared by administrator John Cregan, and will be delivered to the Director General of the HSE.
Former chief executive of the Central Remedial Clinic Brian Conlon arrives at Leinster House to appear before the Public Accounts Committee last week. (Brian Lawless/PA Wire/Press Association Images)
Deputy McGuinness said that following ‘frank’ discussion yesterday with the Administrator he was assured that the report will be comprehensive.
“The Administrator informed me that he was getting excellent co-operation from the staff but outlined some concerns,” Deputy McGuinness said, “including the fact that the constant dripping of information was having a negative impact on the staff and was impacting on morale.”
Meanwhile, an emergency motion passed at the Health Committee will see Section 39 organisations be invited to “outline the funding model and breakdown of their different sources of funding”.
Remuneration
“The organisations will also be asked to outline the remuneration received by all executive staff and the funding source from which such remuneration is derived in terms of public and private sources or the percentage of each,” TD Jerry Buttimer, chair of the committee, said but in a measured statement this afternoon called for the public to continue support charities.
“The Committee has appealed for calm from the public pending on-going investigations in order to avoid unnecessary and unintended collateral damage,” he said.
An important aspect the committee is looking for organisations to outline is an decline in funding.
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AA have raised their fart-alert level to ‘brown’. Please people, let’s be careful out there.
Swear they were going into the Amazon, South Dublin petals
As regards the farts “better out than in”. I would rather someone fart than someone shitting themselves. Enjoy the picnic people keep it real or fake whatever way you normally act.
It doesn’t have to be one or the other, you can actually just hold in a fart for a while without sh*tting yourself as a consequence. Women have been doing it successfully for generations
I can’t wait for it, last hurrah of the festival season. Bye bye Summer, you were somewhat sound this year ☀️
Perhaps this article should be read in conjunction with the earlier article on STI’s and childbearing. The failure rate for contraception is about four times higher for teenagers than for the rest of the population. Teenagers are just as good and as careful at using contraceptives as they are at tidying their bedrooms.
The fact that those promoting contraceptives, are the same people promoting abortion, is just coincidental.
The proof of problems is in the earlier article, which for some reason had no EP in the title. There is no such thing as a surprise pregnancy, having sex makes babies. Having casual sex leads to SDI’s and babies. There is no guaranteed “protection”.
Enjoy the fun of the fair.
Paddy teenager’s are banned from EP, it’s 18 and upwards and usually a pretty good crowd too none of the usual clientèle of that awful oxygen so in fairness I don’t think it’s good to preach to adults since I think they have a fair idea of what to do :)
Wynner, there’s 8,000 extra people on top of last years attendance going this year. I’m sure some of the Oxygen heads will be there.
Hopefully not, the atmosphere at EP is brilliant really chilled and no crap at it :)
Well ya know it’s going to piss rain so don’t drop your electric picnic x
I’m going, I reckon ill survive without an SPF 20+
Thanks all the same
Sunburn and dehydration? I’d say hypothermia and pneumonia might be more likely! As for protection, I might suggest a good strong umbrella and a raincoat.
Sinead where did u get the pic of the kitten in the car? It’s hilarious!
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