Results 24,161-24,180 of 34,956 for speaker:Seán Fleming

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I did not take the minutes, but if the Deputy wants to raise something, he can.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is very important.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Everything.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will keep an eye on it. That was an important issue which came out the last day. The next items are No. 1670 A and 1671 A from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, dated 18 October, providing briefing information for today's meeting on Vote 34, specifically, details on lands transferred to approved housing bodies, details of publicly owned land, the Rebuilding...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: The next item is No. 1637 B from Ms Ann-Marie Walsh from the Office of Public Works, providing the managing valuer's report on five historic cases on foot of a preceding submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I note that we had that before and it is being held over again. No. 1640 B is from Mr. Timothy Owens, chief executive of Cork Education and Training Board,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: They are scheduled to meet later this month. The steering group, which involves the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is scheduled to meet later this month to discuss the draft report and determine the next step. That is not a commitment to finalise it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: This query is on our desk because we as a committee wrote to them on 11 September to say that we wanted this information to complete our periodic report. At this point, they are holding up the committee in its work on completing our periodic report. It is only as a result of that that they are now saying that they will meet next month. If we had not contacted it, I wonder if this steering...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: In other words, we want a copy of the minutes of the meetings of that steering group since its initiation. We want to know who the chairperson is, the date of the next scheduled meeting and the timetable to complete the work. They are holding up the Committee of Public Accounts in completing our work and we contacted them. Had we not done that, we might not even be aware of this. That is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: When we get issues like that and are told they will be sent to the European Commission, they could be there for two months or three years. I do not know. We want an update for 8 December. We are not leaving before Christmas without knowing. We will track it on a periodic basis. When any of these issues come in, the matter is looked at, and we want to hear about them in two months. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Horse Racing Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We will log that to have an update in early December.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Maybe the liaison officer would circulate a note. We will ask the officer liaising between the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and our committee to circulate a note on that issue rather than going around the houses asking the Departments and everyone else. That will be sent out to us during the week and we are going to keep track of it. Next is No.1657 B from Ms Mary Lawlor,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: This is the second letter in a row from a senior public body where we asked a specific question and have been given a detail in respect of a fraction of the question. Here we are told the OPW has advised that expenditure to date is €14.1 million. Then they give us a remark about Garda overtime which might be approximately €5.2 million. We need a breakdown of the €14.1...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We hope so. We will ask for that to be confirmed but we would expect that. I call Deputy Cullinane.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Can we have that again?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: We want to get 100% collection of that amount.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: Yes, 100% collection of that. I thank the Deputy for raising that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I have not started.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: I am sorry Deputy. This has been going on for 16 years. I want to say to the Accounting Officer that it says something about how the Department of Education and Skills follows up issues relating to taxpayers' money. I hope it does not have broader implications across the public service. As a result of our previous meeting, the committee asked for a breakdown report by report. On 23 July,...