Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:00 am
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
He was a prison officer on duty. He maintains he was close to being hit and has been traumatised. However, all of that aside, his case has gone through the chief medical officer and everywhere along the line. The person has been officially and formally dismissed at the end of a long process. Obviously, I can understand he is not satisfied with that but it is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality and not for the Committee of Public Accounts.
No. 924C is correspondence dated 16 November from John McKeon, Secretary General, Department of Employment and Social Protection, regarding the Money Advice & Budgeting Service, MABS. Deputy Aylward raised this matter. The letter advises that the chief executive of the Money Advice & Budgeting Service is an Accounting Officer for the body and not the Secretary General of the Department. The letter indicates that the chief executive could be invited to attend and answer questions. MABS is directly answerable to the Committee of Public Accounts because the Comptroller and Auditor General audits the MABS accounts. We can consider that.
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