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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is on screen. I skipped it by mistake. We have a copy of the letter. It is from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills dated 14 August in relation to the accommodation requirements of Caranua. Sorry, I skipped it in my list. The Deputy said that she wanted to come back to Caranua.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will note and publish that in the meantime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, No. 756B. Here we go again. It is an update on the Deloitte report. This relates to the south-east case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, and there is a commission of investigation examining it now. The letter states: "I refer to your recent correspondence seeking an update on the current position regarding the Deloitte report." This is in relation to the payments to the Waterford charity that dealt with the abuse case. The letter continued: "I wish to advise that I will receive the Deloitte report today." The letter...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are referring to the Grace case in the south east when we talk about the Deloitte report, which is the second Deloitte report that we have today. In case people are wondering what case we are talking about, I can confirm that we are talking about the Grace case in the south east.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Two common themes have emerged today. The Garda Síochána and the HSE are possibly the two biggest and most powerful organisations in the State. The Garda Síochána is responsible for our safety and the HSE is responsible for our health. We were given commitments by both senior officials who attended meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts before the summer break...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Was the money paid last year? Has it been paid? Does the Comptroller and Auditor know? He might not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. The figure is something like what I said because I read it in media reports as it was mentioned in the courts. We want both of those people in here, as urgently as possible, to deal with the specific commitments they gave in public to the national Parliament's Committee of Public Accounts and the subsequent pulling back from that commitment by the officials. That is the issue...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: To summarise, we will give Mr. O'Brien the extracts of the previous committee meeting where he gave a commitment. We will stress this issue is strictly a financial issue and is 100% within the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts. Other organisations of the State may choose to do so and while they do so, the Committee of Public Accounts does not stand down from its obligations to look...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, we do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is a financial report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is the Deloitte financial report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are inviting-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will hold off making any contact with the commission lest it might misinterpret that we are trying to tread on its area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: I think we are clear on both issues now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deloitte report is coming.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a payment of the order of €600,000 of taxpayers' money to go to the charity or the organisation that looked after Grace. That is taxpayers' money and is 100% within our remit. The issue of the commission is a different issue. The €600,000 is very much within our remit and is public money. Therefore, we are inviting both people. We will have the report by tomorrow...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are asking to have the reports by Friday. We want both reports by tomorrow evening. Both reports are obviously completed now and can be emailed to us. Let me outline the purpose of next week's meeting with the two people. If we get the reports tomorrow and circulate them to members of the committee and they are happy that they fully answer the question, do we need the people to appear...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is as simple as this. We are asking for both reports by tomorrow evening. If the reports are not received by tomorrow evening, they will appear here next Thursday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: If one of the reports happens to arrive-----