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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will note that. There is a lot of information in this which I believe all individual Members of the House will want to digest and use as they see fit. It is on the record from the Committee of Public Accounts point of view. I thank the Revenue for that useful information. No. 628B (i) and (ii) is correspondence fromDr. Graham Love, chief executive officer of the Higher Education...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Absolutely. We will ask the OPW to formally keep us informed of developments on this issue because there is some €140 million of taxpayer's money involved, so we are entitled to watch this space. That is agreed. The next item is No. 624C, correspondence received from an individual on 19 June 2017. This correspondence is addressed to the chief superintendent at the Bridewell Garda...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I know that this person has been in contact with Deputy Catherine Murphy and several other members of the committee. Will the Deputy act as an informal link and arrange a meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy should check with us and arrange to meet on some day next week when we are here. It is not a meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts but an informal meeting involving members who have been dealing with the issue. It will not involve the secretariat. It will involve a number of members of the committee who are available to meet. The Deputy might advise us as to when might be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. We will deal with this publically on 13 July. That is agreed. We will let the lady who is writing to us know directly. She may even be watching, but the Deputy will contact her shortly in any event. The next item is No. 631C, correspondence from an individual requesting parchment paper from the clerk. Ten pieces of good quality parchment for ten-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: What is that about?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am at a loss to understand this one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: I do not understand that particular item of correspondence. If light can be shed on the matter, we will consider it on the next occasion or deal with it one way or the other. I do not understand. Perhaps there is something behind it. We will put it to one side and finalise it at our next meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will formally conclude the matter the next day. The next item is No. 632C, correspondence dated June 2017 from an individual on the issue of Horse Racing Ireland's proposal to revoke the individual's course betting permit in accordance with the provisions of section 48 of the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994. The matter is outside the remit of the committee and I propose to refer it to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: No, this is the only issue that I have received correspondence about in my emails. We will write to the Department of Education and Skills for a response to the emails and the correspondence we have received. We have received another item from an individual with whom we have dealt before. On this occasion, he writes to us under the heading: "Protected Disclosure: Section 10 to the PAC...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will not be our final report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: It will be phase 1, module 1, part 1.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Correct, it is not an interim report.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy is quite right, I should have said part 1, phase 1.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is right and Deputy Kelly is 100% correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Can we agree to meet next Tuesday at 11 a.m.?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: Or later in the day, possibly at 4 p.m. or 5 p.m.?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We could start at 10 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will meet at 10 a.m. next Tuesday. The first item on the agenda will be an update on the education report and we have a lot of work done on that. I expect that when we get it back at our next meeting, we will be getting quite close to a final stage. We will then discuss the updated draft report, which the secretariat will have prepared as a result of this afternoon's meeting. We want...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Jun 2017)

Seán Fleming: No. We will have the regular meeting next Thursday. Officials from the Department of Finance will be in to discuss the appropriation accounts. Officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will also be here to discuss its accounts and there is also a special report on financial reporting in the public sector. On Tuesday, however, we might make a decision to devote an hour...