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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I totally agree. There should be no unnecessary duplication. Equally, nothing should fall between the cracks.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We said we would wait until after the meeting yesterday. There has been no interaction since yesterday. We indicated in advance. It was agreed that the two clerks would be in contact after yesterday's meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I assume the Deputy is referring to the medical audits.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will come back to that issue. We will finish this discussion for the moment. We have indicated that on Thursday, 22 November, in the second half of the meeting we will hear from representatives from the Department of Social Protection and consider rent supplement and housing assistance payments. The housing bodies' association will also be represented.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is. Their officials will be present on that day too.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Officials from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government will be present throughout the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We want to bring in those who specifically deal with the payment of rent supplement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I understand there is another matter Deputy Alan Kelly would like to raise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes. I think it is a couple of weeks away. The secretariat has been in touch. I will ask it to let the Deputy know directly what the exact position is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I do.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Okay. I will ask for the date for that meeting to be finalised with the person concerned early next week at the latest and for a memo to be sent to the committee members in order that they know when that will meeting will take place.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to confirm the date in the coming days and to advise the members directly at that stage. We have completed this aspect of the meeting. I propose we suspend until 10.50 a.m. to allow the witnesses from the Office of Public Works, OPW, take their seats.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes. We will continue until 1.50 p.m. and then take a break. No voting has been scheduled today. We can sit for a maximum of three hours without taking a break. We will take a break and we can resume after lunch. We cannot continue for longer than three hours in any individual session. Therefore, we will adjourn until 10.50 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are dealing today with Appropriation Accounts 2017, Vote 13 - Office of Public Works, and the Comptroller and Auditor General's report 2017, chapter 6, which concerns the lease of offices at Miesian Plaza in Baggot Street, Dublin, which people will know as the former headquarters of Bank of Ireland. If they want to identify the building we are talking about, that is the new name on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: He is joined by Mr. John McMahon, commissioner, and Mr. John Sydenham, commissioner. I understand Mr. McMahon has to catch an aeroplane in the afternoon. He deals with the heritage area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We are here for three hours. As he has an aeroplane to catch in the afternoon, we will try to deal with any questions members have on that topic in the next three hours. I understand that Mr. McMahon has a commitment. We are also joined by Mr. Martin Bourke, assistant secretary, and Mr. Mick Long, director of corporate services. I remind members, witnesses and those in the Public Gallery...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I invite Mr. Buckley to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Buckley. At this stage, there are two issues of relevance to the committee relating to the OPW with which I must deal before we move to the members who wish to discuss the matters raised. At a recent meeting, the committee discussed the letter from Mr. Alan Morgan, which was forwarded to the OPW along with a request to provide the committee with a copy of the 2014 report. We...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 6: Lease of Offices at Miesian Plaza (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: The committee agreed to ask the OPW to provide a copy of the 2014 report referred to in the correspondence, as well as any correspondence between the OPW and the correspondent. The OPW submitted correspondence but not the report.