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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 17 - Tax compliance interventions
Chapter 18 - Tax relief on film production (28 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...the event. Are payment arrangements in place for many defaulters? Mr. Cody did not state whether there are payment arrangements in place in addition to the collections that have been made. He is indicating there are no payment arrangements with defaulters.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Chapter 17 - Tax compliance interventions
Chapter 18 - Tax relief on film production (28 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...of Health to deal with its accounts for the public services for 2018 and chapter 15 from the Comptroller and Auditor's report, dealing with primary care centres and specific topics we have already indicated we will deal with on the day, such as an update on measures to reduce incidents of clinical negligence that may lead to claims against the State. We covered that in our periodic report...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...of the Valuation Acts for the first time in 2019 and was recently valued as such. Details of its global valuation are set out in the Central Valuation List. We have that list here. Does that not indicate that it should have paid rates for 2019? Did the Department pay the rates for 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Charities Regulatory Authority (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Before we move on, I want to take up an earlier point about the board of directors. I ask Ms Martin to go through the membership of the current board, indicating when each member was appointed and the mechanism under which the appointment was made. We will start with the chairman, Mr. Patrick Hopkins.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Carroll for his opening statement. I call Deputy Cullinane who was the first to indicate.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General points out that in the period from 2013 to 2018, we received €367 million. The chart on page 131 of his report indicates that approximately €140 million of it was received in 2018. Mr. Carroll just spoke about the €430 million that was received in carbon tax last year. From the point of view of the Committee of Public Accounts, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...and 8 November 2019. The first item includes a request for further information in regard to an anonymous query we had written to the university about. We received an anonymous query and we indicated the last day we would send that to the university for comment. After the meeting, we looked at it again and we summarised the contents because it was felt that if we gave the anonymous...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...are there on a day-to-day ongoing basis. It is not bringing in a consultant for a project for three months. These are here for the whole time. As the Deputy said, the NTA’s own strategic plan indicates that the figure is getting more serious. Our point is made for today and we will come back to this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...access to comprehensive employee data, consistent support and business information throughout the HSE, and to fulfil the Government direction to establish and develop a shared services model. It indicates that the overall cost of the programme will be €27 million over the course of its lifetime, to 2023. We will note and publish the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...the 88 schools that have been reported and goes on to state that, ultimately, the first responsibility is with the board of management, which must satisfy itself that proper controls are in place. It indicates that the board's income and expenditure accounts must be prepared for the end of each school year and must be properly audited or certified. All schools' accounts are available for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...of the Department of Education and Skills, providing information following our meeting with Caranua. I specifically asked for details and we have received details of properties. The letter states it was indicated that four properties would transfer to public bodies, the Department or the HSE, as the case may be. The four cases referred to are Cloughmacsimon, County Cork, offered by the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: As the Deputy indicated, in 50% of cases there was no conviction. Surely it is in the State's interest to know why cases are being struck out. Does nobody collect that basic data?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22: Courts Service (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I offer my apologies to Deputy Munster, but Mr. John Burke from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has indicated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: .... Recommendation No. 7 on page 3, with which I am sure members will agree - I will highlight some of the recommendations made in what I stress is a 35 page document - is that performance indicators should be established for all grants funded by the cultural division and that data should be collected and collated in a systemic manner. This is a great recommendation, but in my view it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...have anything in particular to say, they should make a note rather than starting to read this document when we arrive for the meeting. I will come back to the work programme but Deputy Cullinane has indicated. We had suggested a meeting on the following Tuesday, 19 November, to deal with the Department of Communication, Climate Action and Environment in respect of greenhouse gases and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Chapter 12 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 13 - Timeliness of Income Support Claim Processing
Chapter 14 - Customer Service - Development of Income Support Application Forms (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Department to send us a note on the top five settlements in 2018 but not to identify the companies involved so that we have an indication of what-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...valuable help. The clerk will pursue any follow-up information that has been mentioned. We have agreed that already. The meeting is now adjourned until Thursday, 7 November, when, as already indicated, we will be meeting representatives from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...and some of the findings are very technical. I got frightened when I saw the mathematical formulae by which some of the figures were calculated. Deputies Catherine Murphy and Cullinane have indicated in that order. We do not have a set order of speakers. Members should indicate if they wish to comment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...viewed the chart and am bewildered by it. The institute does not explain the difference between the institute cumulative position figures and the consolidated cumulative figures, and it did not indicate whether the figures relate to thousands or millions of euro. The schedule is wholly unsatisfactory. As the Deputy noted, we want a breakdown of each year explaining the movements and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are quite clear about our reaction. I will indicate we do not seek a response but instead reject the letter as utterly unsatisfactory, and that we want a proper response with proper explanations. We formally reject the letter. Does that satisfy the Deputy?