Results 21-40 of 69 for sligo speaker:Seán Fleming

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...referred to accountability and control. Those remarks ring hollow given that we do not have audited accounts for the past two and a half years. The most recent published financial statements for IT Sligo and Waterford Institute of Technology cover the period 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016. That is two and a half years ago and we have not received any published financial statements...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will move on. I expect people to be satisfied that the matter is on a work programme. We will request the details of the note on the internal audit function. The next matter is the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board. There are similar issues, such as non-compliance. We will not discuss this now but we will request a detailed note. Concerns arise regarding internal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Fleming: .... The N17 Knock to Collooney scheme has been identified in the NDP. TII has worked to progress this scheme through planning, design and construction. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, met recently with Sligo County Council on a number of issues and this project was one of the topics discussed at the meeting. I can confirm €400,000 has been allocated for the N17 Knock to Collooney...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 78 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Matters Arising out of Education Audits (Resumed)
Higher Education Authority - Annual Financial Statements 2011: Discussion (4 Oct 2012)

Seán Fleming: ...to get here. It does not seem excessive in the context of people travelling from the United Kingdom and Belfast to come to meetings. I note a number of HEA board members come from Donegal and Sligo, as well as from Amsterdam. I give the HEA credit that from what I can see, it appears modest enough in view of the distance people are obliged to travel.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...that the cost of superannuation entitlements is accounted for as they become payable rather than in the year they are earned. The same issue arises with all of the health bodies. The Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim ETB 2016 accounts are given a clear audit opinion but attention is drawn to delays in the production of the financial statements. This is the 2016 account-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...secretariat. When I look at all the issues, the loans, the balances, the mortgages, the collection rates and everything, it shows the income, the capital income and expenditure. We can see that Sligo has a massive deficit, whereas the local authorities in Dublin and Cork have built up funds. It is great to see all this information. When the Department comes to talk to the local...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...of the Thorn report and I propose we forward that to the individuals in question. We have also placed the two reports by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the University of Limerick and Sligo and Waterford Institute of Technology, respectively, on our work programme for the new year. We need to plan those engagements, which may involve meeting some of the individuals who have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: ..., as Chairman, to have them here in case, for example, we have three ETBs complaining that it is not possible, so we can say that it is possible. We may substitute Limerick and Clare ETB and Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB for the Tipperary ETB and Kildare and Wicklow ETB. We will go ahead with the Department, SOLAS, City of Dublin Education and Training Board, Kilkenny and Carlow ETB by way...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...we will examine the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report No. 103 on the handling of remuneration for certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo. We have also requested an update on the implementation of Dr. Thorn's Independent Review of Certain Matters and Allegations Relating to the University of Limerick. In the afternoon session we...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...front of the committee are two and half years old. There is no way we can conduct our business without reverting back to that fact. I thank the witnesses from the University of Limerick and IT Sligo for their attendance and the material provided. I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú who may not be with us at the next meeting. The secretariat will be in touch with the witnesses to receive...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...topic before we move on to complete the rest of the correspondence. There is an item of correspondence, PAC32-R-408C, directly related to this. It concerns the financial statements for the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, which was a serious outlier in terms of late accounts. The letter we received from it during the week states that when "setting targets for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...the National Library of Ireland, which has been given a clear audit opinion. The Royal Irish Academy of Music has also been given a clear audit opinion, as has the Cork Institute of Technology. Sligo Institute of Technology has been given a clear audit opinion but attention is again drawn to a severance payment which we dealt with in our most recent report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Seán Fleming: Next is Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB's 2014 and 2015 accounts, in respect of which there was a qualified audit opinion for both periods audited on the basis that the board did not keep adequate accounting records. In particular, the accounting records maintained were not sufficient to facilitate the preparation of financial statements in a timely manner and in the form required or to enable...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Oct 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...and Skills, providing an update requested by the committee on the publication of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the University of Limerick, UL, and Institute of Technology Sligo . It is expected to be published in the coming weeks. We will note and publish the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...Expenditure and Reform on this matter and are awaiting a reply. The next items of correspondence are Nos. 810C(i) and (ii), dated 13 October, from Ms Tereasa McGuire, chairperson of the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, MSLETB, providing an update as requested by the committee on the status of the 2015 and 2016 accounts, which are still outstanding. I propose that we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...2018, updating the committee with a copy of correspondence between him and the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, regarding St. Angela's College, Sligo. This matter has been before the committee before. The secretariat has written to the individual and enclosed the information provided by the Department of Education and Skills and the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...this what he would call nugatory, or expenditure of no value? Regarding the proposed merger of DIT, involving IT Tallaght and IT Blanchardstown, €344,000 has been spent. Regarding the alliance of IT Sligo, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology and Letterkenny IT, €3,000 has been spent and regarding Waterford IT and IT Carlow, €49,000 has been spent. Does Deputy Kelly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: ...in relation to public procurement, usage and disposal of assets and propriety matters and to submit a final report to the Minister as soon as practical .... Mr Richard Thorn, President Emeritus of Sligo Institute of Technology has been appointed to carry out the investigation. It is envisaged that the investigation will be completed in Quarter 1 2018. That is the end of the March. He...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...these and discuss them later. Nos. 1853A and 1854A, dated 16 January 2019, comprise briefing papers and opening statements from Dr. Brendan McCormack, president, Institute of Technology, IT, Sligo. We will note and publish these and discuss them later. Nos. 1855A and 1878Aare from Professor Willie Donnelly, president, Waterford Institute of Technology. They are dated 17 and 23 January...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)

Seán Fleming: ...of €1.8 million. The institute has not provided for the cost of future pension benefits that have accrued to staff members, similar to other institutes, which we note. The Institute of Technology Sligo has a clear audit opinion. The note says that attention is drawn to the basis for recognition of a deferred pension funding. That means it is an issue. The next item is the...