Results 14,381-14,400 of 34,777 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: A business case was prepared. The Deputy will see that. The Secretary General has since reviewed it. That is a direct question we will put to him because he wrote the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are not parking it. The invitation is there. It has been issued.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Essentially, the Deputy is talking about a shared services office for procurement of advertising. There are shared services for lots of things in the public service instead of 30 different organisations doing 30 different jobs. Maybe that is where the conversation will lead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is still on our agenda. The correspondence has been issued and it is an item to which we will return. We will note and publish that documentation. The next item is correspondence No. 1201C from Dr. Barry O'Connor, president of Cork Institute of Technology, dated 23 March 2018, relating to the mergers of technological universities. Dr. O'Connor provides a breakdown of consultancy and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: There are various stages of the process. The committee will publish this item and correspondence No. 1202C from Dr. Oliver Murphy, president of the Institute of Technology, Tralee, in relation to the merger with Cork Institute of Technology. It is the same issue, so I propose that we note and publish these items of correspondence. That concludes that particular item. The next item is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: The other item we held over from the last day was the University College Cork, UCC, 2016 accounts. There was a qualified audit opinion regarding the pension issue. It did not involve qualification. Highlighted for people's attention were the non-consolidation of the foundation, the non-compliance with national procurement guidelines and the deferred pension funding. Does Mr. McCarthy want...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is the issue of the non-compliance with national procurement guidelines to the tune of €4.4 million included in UCC's statement of internal financial control?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will agree to write to UCC, specifically on non-compliance with national procurement guidelines as mentioned, and for a detailed breakdown.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want the committee to include that issue in the letter to UCC and for it to give us its rationale? We understand it is not legally obliged to do it, but in the interests of public accountability-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Not only did it not consolidate them into the figures, it did not even put the information in by way of a note.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Even if it does not legally consolidate it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write back to say that we understand that they were not consolidated but we will ask why the information from the foundation was not included by way of an information note with the financial statements.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask it to do it for the current year and we will request a copy of the foundation's accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will crack it yet. You watch.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next item is Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, ETB. Again, we will write to Galway and Roscommon ETB for a detailed explanation on the non-compliance with national procurement rules for €894,000. The next item is the National Haemophilia Council and a clear audit opinion. Finally, we have a special account established under section 4 of the Hepatitis C...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We need to write immediately to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform asking for a more streamlined and speedy approach to be looked at and that the certified accounts of all public bodies are published promptly instead of being subject to a three-month delay. I know they probably have to be cleared by the Department and the Minister and possibly noted by the Government. However,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write for an information note on the circular and we will come back to it. We will probably have to reiterate or reconsider the three-month timescale. We will get information from the Department in the meantime. On accounts and statements, I wish to update the committee on our efforts to ensure the timely presentation of accounts by public bodies. As decided by the committee,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. There has been a significant improvement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: What we will be looking for in the first week of May-----