Results 15,081-15,100 of 34,885 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Not only that. What surprised me, and I think it will surprise a lot of people-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: -----and we have dealt with the Grace case at length here but we all turned on the radio, a fortnight ago, only to hear that the matter had been dealt with in the High Court and a settlement had been issued.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: There was a figure for costs that the agency had incurred but had not been paid by the HSE, which was being examined by Deloitte but it still has not completed a report. The preliminary findings of that report were accepted by the HSE. Included in the award, I think, was €600,000 in respect of unpaid care services. That matter has been agreed. All along while we talked here the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The report has still not been issued.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We think it was on a certain date but I shall ask for the debate to be displayed on the screen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am not sure but we will come back to the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: No. That is the essence of private session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We discuss the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: No. The whistleblower legislation is quite new.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: So there are not many established cases. In terms of discussions in private session, I do not think matters were discussed in private session for the Angela Kerins case. Private debates are recorded but they are not transcribed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, as I recall. It is relatively new legislation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: In terms of today's matter, this is only the second whistleblower that I am aware of who has formally requested to meet us in private session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Interestingly, the first one led to a commission of investigation and this whistleblower has ultimately led to a commission. There are strong parallels.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: There will be no written record of the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The machine records them but they are not transcribed. They are in the bowels of the building.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: They are deemed private documents in the Oireachtas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: No, they are not provided.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am going to be open.