Journeys with TheJournal.ie: A trip for the kids through the Phoenix Park Tunnel
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Our latest winner of a free Irish Rail trip is the CRC school Clontarf which is going to take its students on a tour of the new Phoenix Park Tunnel.
The Care Trust, affected by its parent charities’ scandals, is back in the black – but all is not as it seems.
The woman had claimed she suffered anxiety and distress as a result of her treatment by the principal.
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James Reilly and Charlie Flanagan met previously to discuss the issue.
Focus Ireland said that there has been a “stark increase” in the number of families becoming homeless in the last 18 months.
A solicitor who represented a number of Savile’s victims said that Ireland needs to “dig deeper” with its investigations.
TD Simon Harris said that the Clinic’s board showed “blatant disregard” for the HSE when it hired Brian Conlan.
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.
Former CRC chair Hamilton Goulding will attend, as will his successor Kieran Timmins.
The Public Accounts Committee is due to hold further hearings on the scandal hit disability clinic next week.
A report found that the CRC set up its charitable arm for the sole purpose of making sure it got as much money as possible from the HSE.
Mary, who has severe cerebral palsy, has relied upon the CRC since she was just 8 months old.
The investigation into the CRC’s finances says that it now has solid systems of financial control in place.
The body was set up in the wake of the controversies that surrounded the CRC and Rehab.
John McGuinness called on the HSE’s Director General and the Secretary General of the Department of Health to resign.
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.
Last week Childline said its service deals not just with abuse children, but with children who are worried about the recession and how it’s impacted on their families.
Ahead of the charity’s AGM in Dublin today, the ISPCC said it is now at breaking point and could be forced to close Childline at night – when children need them most.
The founder of the charity described the situation as “regrettable”.
More than half of charities surveyed last month said their overall income has fallen in the last year though demand for their services is still rising.
The Central Remedial Clinic’s board were independently appointed based on their competences.
Online survey conducted over last month shows direct impact of recent high-profile charities scandals.
A letter from Minister James Reilly has detailed how ten organisations have confirmed their compliance.
Kiely last appeared before TDs on the Public Accounts Committee in December, but it has since emerged that his retirement package was more than he had disclosed.
Fianna Fáil’s Seán Fleming asked that the PAC receive new information the HSE has uncovered prior to officials appearing before TDs on the public spending watchdog.
An ambulance chaser or an indispensable public spending watchdog? The Public Accounts Committee’s work and role is coming under increasing scrutiny from its own members.
A deadline of 31 March has been set for the completion of the report, after which staff will face another grilling by the Public Accounts Committee.
A breakdown of grants distributed by the HSE to over 700 hospitals and health bodies between 2010 and 2012 has been published today.
The Taoiseach has defended Irish Water and its chief executive John Tierney this morning.
A member of the Public Accounts Committee says they were “misled and possibly lied to” on the CRC payments issue.
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“I was not at any board meeting that signed off on this agreement, not part of any confidentiality agreement that was signed.”
Deputy Simon Harris is a member of the Public Accounts Committee, which grilled Central Remedial Clinic employees this week.
There’s been a raft of media reports detailing the former CRC chief’s links with the party since the start of the payments controversy.
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The Minister said that the CRC scandal was “an astounding set of circumstances and absolutely shocking”.