Results 17,721-17,740 of 34,778 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Let me just take the next item of correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Nos. 738B(i) to (vii) are items of correspondence received from An Garda Síochána on 17 August enclosing information as requested by the committee on 13 July. The committee requested information on payments to AA Ireland for technical services, arrangements regarding tax clearance of suppliers, payments to public relations companies, the tender for Garda uniforms, sponsorship...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: The secretariat might help me on this. I am reading from the thread of the emails, which is very short, from the secretariat to Joe Nugent. On 17 July, Joe Nugent was in contact with John O'Callaghan of the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the release of the O'Driscoll report. That is the name on the report. He said he would be in contact with the committee as soon as the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes. This was on 17 July. The deputy commissioner had been here four days earlier saying he would give us the report. We find that immediately after the public commitment the Garda administration are in contact with the Department of Justice and Equality concerning the release of it. On 22 July, ten days later, our secretariat contacted the office wondering if there was any update. On 4...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Our issue as the Committee of Public Accounts is that we had a commitment from An Garda Síochána.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: What is clear here is that immediately after our meeting in which we got the commitment that we would be given the report, An Garda Síochána, through Joe Nugent's office, contacted John O'Callaghan of the Department of Justice and Equality regarding-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, after we had received the public commitment. We want to know what happened to the public commitment we were given.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: No, not at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We want to see the criteria in the report of An Garda Síochána.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is very clear that immediately after the meeting where the public commitment was given there were moves made to row back on that commitment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: To summarise, we are writing to the acting commissioner asking for the report and the criteria involved in that report to be presented to us by tomorrow evening. He either has the report or he has not. In addition, we are requesting that the acting commissioner appear here next Thursday. If we have the report it will be a very brief meeting. If we do not have the report it will not be so...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: The work programme will be in public session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will finalise the work programme for next Thursday when we come to it in a few moments. We will note and publish that thread of emails that I have just read out. No. 739B is dated 17 August from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, following requests from the committee on 13 July for further information regarding discussions between the Department and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Next item, No. 741B, Nos. 1 to 5 dated 28 August is from the chief executive of the Courts Service, following the request from the committee on 13 July when it attended. This provides the information on District Court waiting times, the contract with Curran Communications and a breakdown of expenditure on training and incidental expenses. We note and publish that. No. 743B, dated 30...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: That would mean 20 accounts before we start.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: There has been so much talk about the number of Garda accounts. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the amount of accounts, but if some are dormant and tidying up is required then well and good. We will write back to An Garda Síochána for details, to ask it to review the accounts and decide if they are all necessary and, if not, to close them down. We are not going...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: The bank account is 756.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: I skipped 754. Have I skipped it?