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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to third level institutions separately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: I think that in the early part of the year, we will allocate at least two meetings to third level institutions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We discussed this at last Thursday's meeting. The Comptroller and Auditor General is preparing a report on the 300 organisations he audits. In respect of where he had qualifications in his audit report or drew our attention to the topics, he will come back to us concerning all the organisations with procurement issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: That will lead into a special meeting on the issue of procurement in the next couple of weeks.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will have an excellent summary of all the issues referred to by the Deputy because, as he said, we are getting bits week by week and they keep coming up so we need an annual summary. The next item concerns Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board. Again, there was a clear audit opinion but matters drawn to our attention include the fact that the board was late in preparing its...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: Okay, and it is a matter for-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: Do we write to the Accounting Officer of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport or Fáilte Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the Accounting Officer in that Department in respect of the 2013 accounts. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for highlighting-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is good. We will write to the Accounting Officer. Item 4.12 concerns the Dublin Regional Tourism Organisation - that is the one we have just mentioned. We will note it even though there was no activity during the course of the year. Item 4.14 concerns the Marine Institute, which has a clear audit opinion for its 2015 accounts. That completes the review today of the accounts received...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want us to write to the HSE in the meantime to ask for information and its estimated cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will have an item of correspondence about where it sees it going.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the HSE for an update and check the legal situation before the letter goes out. We will get a response in the usual HSE timely manner. We will give it a fortnight to answer that one. If there is no other business there is no need for a private session. We will suspend to allow the witnesses from the Department of Defence take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: We are joined today by representatives of the Department of Defence, including Maurice Quinn, Secretary General; Des Dowling, assistant Secretary General; Robert Mooney, director; Michael O'Boyle, finance branch; Gerry Groarke, finance branch; John Hanney, contracts branch; and Ronan Mulhall, human resources manager. We are also joined by officials from the Department of Public Expenditure...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his opening statement and I now invite Mr. Maurice Quinn to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Quinn and now call our first speaker, Deputy Alan Kelly, to be followed by Deputies Noel Rock and David Cullinane. Deputies Bobby Aylward and Catherine Connolly have also indicated their desire to speak. The opening speakers will have 20 minutes, the second speakers will have 15 minutes and everyone else will have ten minutes. I ask members to stick to the timetable in order...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: Yes, once the Deputy is happy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: Mr. Quinn might forward a copy of the note he read to the committee secretariat in order that it can be circulated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: Paragraph 8.40.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: Was that in 2016? When did it return?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017) Seán Fleming: I know Deputy Connolly has to go to the Dáil Chamber.