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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Even though it represented a loss of almost €1 million to Bord na gCon.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Page 25 of Bord na gCon's financial statements relates to the disposal of fixed assets in the order of €3.8 million in the year in question. There is no need for everyone to turn to that page. In light of the loss of almost €1 million that I have mentioned, I presume Bord na gCon got somewhere in the region of €2 million-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon - Annual Accounts 2011 (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: My question relates to an element of Bord na gCon's property portfolio. According to its accounts, its fixed assets are worth €67 million. That is the net book value. Freehold land and buildings account for the biggest end of it, at €40 million. I query the decision not to allow for depreciation in that regard, given that there are buildings involved. I will ask the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Therefore, Mr. McCarthy is working on a report which we might see next year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: In the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report on the HSE there is a specific note on medical cards which indicates an assessment was made of dormant medical cards, but there is no figure given. It was also referred to in the previous year. This feeds into the probity issue of medical cards. Am I right in saying that is a significant element of what we could be talking about the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: I understand there is a valuation Bill on the Dáil Order Paper.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Two of them refer to the deferred pension funding asset. Is there a shortfall in funding? Is it an asset or a liability? That issue arises regularly. Is it possible for the Comptroller and Auditor General to give us a schedule of all the areas within his remit, separate from Departments, in which pension funding issues arise? We get a piece every week, but I would like to see them added up.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: When will representatives of Horse Racing Ireland or the Turf Club attend the committee? With other issues, we could raise this matter concerning Mr. Treacy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Before we move on from correspondence, I am most concerned about correspondence we have not received. At least five weeks ago we had the Accounting Officer for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform before the committee. He was asked to provide answers to simple questions that he did not have on the day. Most of these answers could have been provided in 24 hours. There is no...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Can we agree to write to the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to explain that we need the information requested? It is six weeks since our meeting with him. It is not good enough.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: This Bill is to give legal effect to what was a deeply unfair budget. It is important to recognise that the budget is all about setting revenue figures for next year. A key element in the tax revenue for 2014 will be the local property tax. It would be strange, in view of the controversy over the local property tax, if it were not discussed. It is not subject to particular mention in the...

Appointment of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Motions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: However, I will have to put down a new amendment on a subject which I only researched today. In her report on 2012 Ms O'Reilly expressed disappointment at the decision of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to stop collating the statistics on FOI returns due to the unsustainable administrative workload. The Information Commissioner was consequently unable to publish...

Appointment of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Motions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: The commission has been diligent in pursuing electoral candidates who have not reported their expenditure during elections and registering third parties involved in promoting a point of view during a campaign. We have a much regulated financial system for donations to and the expenditure of political parties and candidates. It was intended that the Office of the Data Protection...

Appointment of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Motions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motions concerning the appointment of a new Ombudsman and Information Commissioner. I support the nomination of Mr. Tyndall for these posts. I hope there will not be a division in the House on this matter but if one is called, I will support the appointment of Mr. Tyndall. I have listened carefully to the Minister and acknowledge that there have...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: He is misleading the Dáil.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: The Revenue cashed the cheques when it received them the last time.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: Will the Tánaiste come to the meeting so that he can hear?

Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)

Seán Fleming: I want to-----