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Speech given to – Chartered Accountants Ireland – Public Sector Forum February 22nd, 2012   I would like to thank the Institute of Chartered Accountants for inviting me here today to address individuals and representatives of organisations who have a crucial role to play in putting Ireland on a new course, one that I hope will …

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 spend €43m on master-planning a national sports campus that was never built. It will also question the department on a number of claims it made about the pet project of …

Head of public accounts body accuses union of trying to ‘muddy the waters’ in slush fund probe By MAEVE SHEEHAN Sunday February 05 2012 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-funded €5m slush fund was spent by …

Article taken from The Journal.ie INCORRECT LEGAL ADVICE from the Revenue Commissioners resulted in the State taking expensive legal action which was ultimately defeated in the Supreme Court, a committee of TDs has been told. The Public Accounts Committee heard yesterday that advice from the Revenue Commissioner about the application of VAT had been part …

MICHAEL O’REGAN – The Irish Times – Friday, February 17, 2012 FIANNA FÁIL TD John McGuinness has criticised local authorities for failing to make waste collection a profitable enterprise for themselves. He warned that “dumbing down’’ the county enterprise boards and merging them with county councils would not do the business of Government. “They are …

The Irish Times – Saturday, November 19, 2011 MARTIN WALL, Industry Correspondent THE CROKE Park agreement on public service pay and reform is unsustainable and needs to be renegotiated, the chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has said. Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness said that under the deal the pay and pensions of staff …

The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee says he does not believe the Pensions Board offers value for money. The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee has told the CEO of the Pensions Board, Brendan Kennedy, that he does not believe the body offers value for money. John McGuinness said he had listened to the …

Article taken from IrishIndependent.ie By Charlie Weston, Personal Finance Editor Friday November 18 2011 THE value for money provided by the State’s pensions regulator was questioned by an Oireachtas committee yesterday. Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness told Pensions Board head Brendan Kennedy he did not believe the agency offered good value . Mr McGuinness …

Speech  given to Public Sector Managers by Deputy John McGuinness this morning  at The Westin Hotel, Dublin, as part of the Public Affairs Ireland Conference. 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 believe an …

Article taken from the IrishTimes.com By MARY MINIHAN FORMER TAOISEACH and Fianna Fáil leader Brian Cowen was last night accused of favouring “big family names” within the party by Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness. Mr McGuinness, a Fianna Fáil TD for Carlow-Kilkenny, was one of a number of current party deputies who criticised Mr …