Results 21,061-21,080 of 34,956 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps the Comptroller might think I am being pedantic - I do not know - but is it the operator's fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: It has nothing to do with this committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: The operator transfers money to the National Lottery Fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat to circulate a copy of the accounts in order that members will understand. The sale was an issue and we want to know what the circular flow of money is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a new regulator in place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the national lottery regulator come under the Department of Justice and Equality?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a plan that the issue of gambling in general will come within the remit of the national lottery regulator in due course also.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: He is accountable to this committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: On policy issues, he is accountable jto either the Department of Justice and Equality or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will have a note sent on that issue, if it would be of benefit to the committee. I am not sure off the top of my head, but it is one or other Department. There is a simple answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Good, because it seems there are the operator, the regulator, the National Lottery Fund and the Exchequer which also has a role. Somebody else then pays out the money through the different Departments. The committee would like to know what the flow is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: It might help if the chapter for last year was circulated. We could come back to it if there were queries. We have the accounts for the national lottery regulator. I suspect it may be his first set of accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Possibly, as he has not been there long. The next item concerns the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, for which there is a clear audit opinion. The statement on internal financial controls discloses expenditure of €927,000 on services not openly tendered for. We have to write to the board again straightaway to see what is going on. A letter will be sent to the chairman or...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, the Comptroller and Auditor General has drafted or is working on-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: We received a report about a week or so ago on the common themes which had come up. I have seen it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is more recent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: When we finish dealing with Project Eagle, we will deal with this report. The Comptroller and Auditor General has drafted a working paper for us to consider. I have seen it in the last few days, but I have not yet had a chance to read it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Mar 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is telling me that we have to move smartly.