Results 20,641-20,660 of 34,779 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will come back. I call Deputy Burke.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Before Deputy Burke starts, Deputy Kelly just mentioned the issue of whistleblowers. We have done a search on the transcript and there are several mentions of whistleblowers during the meeting. It is all by members of the committee. I do not think Mr. O'Brien used the word once.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Once Mr. O'Brien does not disclose the person's identity, that is the overriding instruction.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is the person still in the public service outside of the HSE?
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Allow Mr. O'Brien to finish his sentence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Through the Chair
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: He has fulfilled what the committee requested two years ago in respect of the transcript.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: However, I did make clear early on that if this committee is not happy with the answers it is receiving today, we will make our views known directly to the commission of inquiry. We all know today is not the end of the process. The real process is about to commence. What is on the record is on the record. The committee's views-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Could Mr. O'Brien give us an approximate indication of when he asked Deloitte to do that? I know he does not have the date. Was it last week, last month or six months ago?
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: So it is quite a while?
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Could the Deputy proceed with her question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Mr. O'Brien is doing his best.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is asking about a three-month period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: I just want to be helpful to the process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: No, the process-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Clearly, there is an indication.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: The committee believed the report was handed over to the Garda promptly when it was completed. That was our reasonable interpretation. Mr. O'Brien is explaining that there was a reason. We are asking for that reason. He has not come specifically prepared with that reason. If it is given to us in writing, we will pass it on to the commission.
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is that okay?
- Public Accounts Committee: Correction of Record of Meeting of 2 February 2016 (23 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: We do not have the answer today.