Results 15,441-15,460 of 34,778 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: If that is in the letter - if there is a reference to the CEO - we will address the letter to the chairman of the board rather than send a letter to the CEO.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Correspondence No. 1033 is from the president of NUI Galway providing a note on the non-competitive procurement of €600,000 worth of goods and services and steps being taken to prevent non-compliance in the future. Can we note and publish this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Do the Deputy want us to write back and ask that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay. That is fine. The next item is No. 1042, correspondence from Deputy Catherine Murphy. Since she is not here, she has asked us to hold that over until next week. Correspondence No. 1043 is from an individual who has made a disclosure under the Protected Disclosures Act to the Minister for Education and Skills. The person is employed in the Institute of Technology in Tallaght. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, the person has said that a protected disclosure was made.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is for the Work Place Relations Commission to make that decision and not this committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a process-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: It was sent to us but it is going through a separate process, and not ours.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Work Place Relations Commission will adjudicate on that, and not us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. 1044 is correspondence from an individual copying the committee in relation to Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, and the High Court order. There are a number of other items from the individual with the clerk. This is before the courts and it is not a matter for this committee. I propose that we note the item and I seek agreement of the committee not to circulate the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are not changing the report. However, we will note and publish his correspondence. I delighted people are reading our report so closely. It is a very small point. We will publish his request but we are not changing the report. Our report was based on what was said in the transcript. There was an opportunity for this to be highlighted when the transcript-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: However, HIQA was asked if it was a public relations company.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: I must be behind the desk so, I never did that. That is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: That can be a blessing or otherwise. That is the end of that correspondence. We thank HIQA for being so specific in its correspondence with us. The next item is statements of accounts received since the last meeting. Six accounts are coming up on screen now. The first one is the Leopardstown Park Hospital board, which has a clear audited opinion; and the National Gallery of Ireland, a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: They are included now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: I see.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: It would not be a true-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Mr. McCarthy has explained the issue and we can understand. The main thing is that it is in a secure place. That is all I will say about it. The next item is the Economic and Social Research Institute, which has a clear audited opinion; Údarás na Gaeltachta, which has a clear audited opinion; and the credit institution eligible liabilities guarantee scheme account. It had a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. The last account is the National Concert Hall, which has a clear audited opinion, except attention is drawn to the note in the financial statement regarding the deferred retirement benefit funding. The funding issue with pensions occurs in many State organisations. Am I right?