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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: They could work out the balance; it is simple.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We might suggest-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We should put the officials on notice that to assist the committee deal with issues that may be commercially sensitive, we may use the procedure to go into private session for a short period. There is one other aspect that doubles up. One of the significant payments by this Department relates to the rent supplement and the issue of HAP. Does the HAP come through the housing Vote or-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: The rent supplement is easing up because HAP has been taken up. Because we are dealing with rent supplement which relates to housing, I will ask an official from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government - not the Secretary General, but the appropriate senior person with responsibility for the rent supplement-HAP issue - to be present. That will not be finished in the morning...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We do not want them saying that a particular issue relates to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. We need somebody from that Department here on that day. That person does not need to be here for the entire meeting. I suggest to assist the witnesses that we will hold off discussing anything relating to rent supplement, housing and HAP until the 2.30 session. It is not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, but because that is connected with housing, I also want an official from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to be present on that day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: There will be crossover. Apart from having the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection officials, I also want to have an official from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to deal with anything that they can answer that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection officials cannot answer relating to numbers and-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is looking at the old one. We have changed. We are dealing with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. They cannot make it on that day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, and we will discuss everything relating to all the chapters. It will be a big day because that Department has a very big expenditure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will need someone from Revenue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Under Chapter 20, PRSI contributions by the self-employed are collected by Revenue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: To address issues relating to rent supplement, which affects the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, we will ask for officials from those two areas to be here for the afternoon session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: And the Vote.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. Sometimes there are three or four chapters, as could happen today with Revenue. Members might concentrate 99% of their time on one or two and very little-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: No date is finalised yet. I want to put everything up for discussion. I do not want to stop a member speaking on a particular matter. The Vote has to be there as the first issue. If somebody wants to ask about the Vote and that might go into overpayments, it will be hard to stop discussion on the Vote and some of the chapters but it will be our job to ensure we touch on every chapter....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We might decide on the day to hold over some of it for the second day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to investigate the RAS payment, and if that Department is responsible, it should be represented at the afternoon session of that meeting to deal with housing implications.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: HAP comes through local authorities. Rent supplement is through the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: RAS is under the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. That is why we need an official from that Department to appear along with officials from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Revenue Commissioners on that day to deal with the collection of self-employed taxes. We will see how much progress we make. I do not want to exclude some chapters...