Results 11,901-11,920 of 34,872 for speaker:Seán Fleming

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I understand that but I put it to Ms O'Donoghue, because she is the Accounting Officer, that the amount of debt recovery that is there is €447 million outstanding, and would she not sell it off to Cerberus to see what we might get and let them go and collect it? I am serious. Has she not considered trying to recover some of this money by putting that debt book up for sale? I suggest...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We might have an observation which we will come back to. It is-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I will conclude on this. The question we must look at here is this €800 million. Is this system the best one to do this job? Does Ms O'Donoghue know what I am getting at?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Please do.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: It requires a different approach.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Ms O'Donoghue might be able to answer my last question. To what date is the Secretary General working in respect of paying out the increases in social protection payments in 2017?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Do we have an exclusive here this morning?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Across March. Okay, that is the answer I expected. I call Deputy Connolly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: What page is that on?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Is it the briefing from our liaison officer?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I would ask Ms O'Donoghue to forward whatever information she can to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank Ms O'Donoghue. We will now conclude. Could she provide information to us on the payment plans that are in place for individuals who are in receipt of payment? Some people will have payment plans which are by way of deduction from their future payments-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: ----- and other people might have agreed to make payments by instalment to the Department or by other means. Could she provide a comprehensive note of the amounts and numbers broken down by scheme if the information is available? The figures are shown for what has been recovered and the Department has plans in place that will bring in money next year and the following year. If Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Department of Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Roll-out of the Public Services Card
Social Insurance Fund 2015 (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts I thank all the witnesses from the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, even though they got off lightly today, for participating in today's meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff. Could we agree to dispose of the 2015 Appropriation Accounts, Vote 37, and the 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: 365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when public bodies' tender documents specify alternative evidence can be provided where a company turnover does not match that specified in the tender document in relation to public contracts; the evidence which is accepted by the contracting authority; if his attention has been drawn to the different levels of evidence accepted by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the required level of turnover that can be specified in the tender documents relative to the estimated contract price by public bodies, including local authorities; the mechanisms in place to ensure there is a level of consistency in relation to these matters by public bodies; if he is satisfied that where some public bodies have a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. He is accompanied by Mr. John Riordan, who is a deputy director of audit. I am now dealing with the agenda. No apologies have been recorded today. Are the minutes of the meetings of 18 and 20 October 2016 agreed? Agreed. I want to raise a point arising from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: Will we bring in that account as part of the HSE's visit whenever it comes next? Is it part of the remit of the HSE?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: How many of those patients-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Fleming: -----have passed away?