23 Jan 2014, 11:35
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has today, Thursday, 23rd January 2014 agreed to write to all Section 39 organisations in relation to funding and remuneration.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: “At our meeting today, the Committee agreed an emergency motion for the Committee to contact each of the Section 39 organisations to invite them to outline the funding model and breakdown of their different sources of funding.
“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.
“We will also ask the organisations to outline any decline in public support for their fundraising efforts or other supports following revelations about other agencies in recent months.
“We will also be asking the Health Service Executive to supply the Committee with a detailed evaluation of the situation.
The Chairman also appealed to public to continue supporting charities and the very important services they provide to the most vulnerable in Society,
Deputy Buttimer added: “The Committee has appealed for calm from the public pending on-going investigations in order to avoid unnecessary and unintended collateral damage.”
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Committee Membership:
Deputies: Jerry Buttimer (Chair), Catherine Byrne, Ciara Conway (Vice-Chair), Regina Doherty, Robert Dowds, Peter M Fitzpatrick, Seamus Healy, Billy Kelleher, Eamonn Maloney, Mattie McGrath, Sandra McLellan, Dan Neville, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy
Senators: Colm Burke, John Crown, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Marc Mac Sharry and Jillian Van Turnhout