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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for a breakdown. That is agreed. It seems a high figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is agreed. We will note and publish the correspondence. Next is number 889B. This is correspondence dated 16 November from Graham Love, chief executive, Higher Education Authority, enclosing a copy of the independent review of certain matters and allegations relating to the University of Limerick. The review makes 36 findings and ten recommendations. The HEA has undertaken to keep...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the HEA, thank the authority and acknowledge the review. In view of the fact that Dr. Thorn is starting out on another review, it is a valid point to make at this stage. He will probably not re-write the report at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: You are quite right, Deputy. It simply goes into the detail and a reader would have to read from page 1 to 35 to get the full picture.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is a valid point on the format of the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am told we will have something circulated. It must have arrived yesterday. It will be circulated for the next meeting. Next is number 890. This is correspondence received from Fred McBride, chief executive, Tusla, providing substantial follow-up information relating to a large number of queries on Tusla. There is useful information in the correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes we will hold over the topic. Next items are numbered 901, 902 and 908. These three items of correspondence are from Barry O'Connor, president, Cork Institute of Technology. The correspondence covers several items and the requested KPMG report. I note this correspondence and suggest we hold it over. A report has been circulated to us. There is a lot in this but we have not looked...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We need to come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It might take a separate meeting from the usual Thursday meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to come back with proposals for that for the next meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. Category C relates to correspondence from private individuals and other correspondence. Correspondence number 878 is dated 23 October from an anonymous source. It raises questions about Garda-related bodies, including the Garda Benevolent Trust Fund and the Garda Holidays and Travel Club. I propose that we forward the correspondence to An Garda Síochána for a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We need to do so promptly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I have met the individual.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: He is a constituent of mine. I am up-front in saying that. It is very serious and it has to be brought to a conclusion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the Department to get us the reply and take it further as soon as we get it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is absolutely agreed. We will come back to this for an update at the next meeting. The next item of correspondence, No. 885, dated 7 November, is from an individual enquiring about the cost of St. Francis Bridge in Kilkenny. It is proposed that we write to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for a response to the letter. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 886,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will put the witnesses for next week on notice that we will raise this issue specifically. No. 892C, dated 9 November 2017, is correspondence from Mr. John Pollock, project director, National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, providing an update, as requested by the committee, in regard to the National Children's Hospital. According to the update, the main children's hospital is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: What is the asset that it is not recognising?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is taking a more conservative, cautious approach than most other organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want to send a letter from the committee to establish that?