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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: By the next meeting we will have a draft structure for discussion in order that we will have an agenda for the meeting on 25 May.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The next item is correspondence received since the last meeting. The first items are Nos. 463A and 472A, briefing documents and an opening statement from the Department of Justice and Equality. Is it agreed that they be noted and published? Agreed. Category B is correspondence received from Accounting Officers as a follow-through on previous meetings. No. 495B is correspondence,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for the draft terms of reference to be sent to us and we may have an input into them. I do not know timescale but normally they take a little time and I would be surprised if they were completed at this stage. Nos. 460B (i) and (ii) is correspondence dated 3 May 2017 from Dr. James Browne, president of National University of Ireland Galway, providing following up issues. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Nos. 462B (i) to (v) is correspondence dated 3 May 2017 from Dr. Graham Love, chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority providing follow-up information. We will deal with that on 25 May but we will note and publish all that in the meantime. No. 464B is correspondence dated 8 May 2017 from Bord na gCon in respect to incidents outside this committee room in which there were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. No. 467B is correspondence dated 8 May from Mr. Noel Waters, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality regarding a request for information on receipt of a motion by the committee from Clare County Council. The note is quite a comprehensive response to issues on the cost of administration in respect of fixed charge notices. There are ongoing attempts...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have written to the Department of Education and Skills and we are waiting for a reply.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have communicated with the Department. We will communicate again within 24 hours and we will insist that a full and complete reply be before the committee before next Thursday and that Caranua and the Department should not proceed with any contractual arrangements in the meantime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will follow up with all three organisations and we will insist on a written response before next Thursday. Perhaps the Deputy might assist the secretariat by forwarding the replies to the parliamentary questions in order that the staff can know the reference point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Category C is correspondence from private individuals and any other correspondence. Nos. 434C(i) and (ii) are carried over from last week. This is correspondence received from the chairman of NAMA regarding to the committee’s report on Project Eagle.It is a short letter and I will read it to members. We will not have a detailed discussion on it but we have to make some response. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is all we can do. We will send it off. We are not going to re-open it. I believe it is clear and I believe we have dealt with that letter effectively. We will send that and our statement, which the secretariat will draft after the meeting, off to whoever constitutes the new commission as soon as it is established. No. 451C is correspondence carried over from last week from Deputy...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Through the Chair. Is the Comptroller and Auditor General a member of SIPO?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is he free to discuss it here? Is he wearing his Comptroller and Auditor General hat or his SIPO hat?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does he have any difficulty speaking on the topic from his perspective?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay. Does the Deputy want to take it any further?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will also write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which is over this from a Government point of view.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: What about the public service?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does that include local authorities?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay. We will check up on that. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. No. 458C is correspondence dated 2 May from Shannon Protection Alliance requesting the appearance of a report writer before the committee. We decided at last week's meeting that this is a matter more suitable to the Joint Committee on Planning, Housing, Community and Local Government, as it is about a proposed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have requested advice but it has not been received yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Deputies Farrell, Catherine Murphy and McDonald are next.