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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will hold the topic over because we will deal with the work programme in a few minutes. There will definitely be an opportunity. Does Deputy Catherine Murphy wish to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The letter that can be seen on the screen was received this morning so we have not had an opportunity to circulate same. It just arrived this morning from the Secretary General for the Department of Education and Skills. He referred to the 2015 audit, to the fact that a number of issues were brought to the attention of the Department of Education and Skills, and that the Department sought a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will send out those letters in relation to 2015 and we will ask for a response from the chairmen immediately after their next monthly meeting. Is that okay? The next item is category C, which is correspondence that relates to private individuals. No. 769C is correspondence dated 25 September 2017 from Deputy Bríd Smith requesting the committee to consider inviting representatives...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: No, but the Department does, so we will write to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will work through the Department in the first instance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Next is No. 777C, a budget submission from the Irish Hospice Foundation. We will note it. No. 778C is correspondence dated 5 September. I forwarded an email that I received from an individual, Mr. Douglas Fannin, who has been in contact with the committee numerous times. He circulated a copy of a newspaper article from a few years ago. The secretariat informs me that we last dealt with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes, and we will return to the matter when we do.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: When we get the response, the second side of the correspondence-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: And given the unemployment levels.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: As Deputies, most of us know the problems on the ground that this is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is a broad issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. It is the system. When we get a response, we will decide what to do. No. 780C is correspondence from Deputy MacSharry following up on the acting Commissioner's appearance before the committee last week. Deputy Kelly has sent correspondence on the same matter. Does Deputy MacSharry wish to speak to the issue? We will deal with the----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Deputy Cullinane indicated, but I will invite Deputy Kelly first because he has sent in correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does the chief superintendent of an area not have the ability to move staff from station to station?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Maybe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will not get into the details now.