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- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: You have had a conversation with your legal adviser-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: ----while we were having our discussion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I shared with you our legal advise to the committee, which was that you are not legally prevented from answering the question, but what is your legal advice?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is your legal advice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Which you did not have earlier but you have got it now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: During the period when we were in private session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: You did not have it earlier but you have it now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is on time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I thank the witness for telling us that. I had not heard of that. We will send a letter seeking information on that. That sounds like great news.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is something afoot. I had not heard about that before, and we will write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for more information on that. I call on Deputy Kelly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I have a final question which Mr. Loftus may be able to answer. He twice mentioned an internal audit unit. Is that in the Department or in each ETB?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: How many staff will it have?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: If there is a requirement in three or four counties for work to be done at ETBs, who decides which gets priority?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Loftus to send the committee a note on the issue. I would hate to think an ETB felt it needed an internal audit and the auditors were working elsewhere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Loftus will send us a note in that regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am worried that ETBs would feel they have less control over an internal audit. Does Mr. Loftus understand my question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will now conclude the meeting. Does the committee agree to dispose of the Tipperary ETB 2015 financial statements? Agreed. I do not propose to dispose of the Carlow Kilkenny ETB 2014 financial statements because the investigation under way may examine a period prior to 2015.
- Public Accounts Committee: Tipperary Education and Training Board and Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I meant to say that but I am confused at this hour of the night. On behalf of the committee I thank our witnesses from the Departments of Education and Skills and Public Expenditure and Reform, SOLAS and the four education and training boards. Is it agreed to dispose of the SOLAS accounts? Agreed. I thank the witnesses for their attendance and the Comptroller and Auditor General and his...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (15 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when all funding and arrangements will be in place for a school (details supplied) to move to a new location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48367/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (14 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and put in place legislation for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/17]