Results 2,161-2,180 of 34,833 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: 521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount drawn down by the end of October and November 2019 by local authority in respect of the national roads allocation 2019; if the allocations provided for will be drawn down by the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51161/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: 522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of spending in 2018 and to date in 2019 for the national roads allocations by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51162/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined by Mr. Mark Brady, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy MacSharry. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting on 28 November. Are they agreed? Agreed. The next item is a matter arising out of the minutes....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will decide next Thursday what to do when we receive the report we have been assured we will receive before the meeting. Is that agreed? Agreed. The next items are correspondence. There are three categories of correspondence, the first of which is category A, comprising briefing documents and opening statements for the meeting. There are quite a number of them because there will be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The reply states the data were not being stored outside the State, that the Department has changed its system, and that it is accessible to people on the Department's log-in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The letter clarifies the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: Somebody has to watch the detail, in fairness, and we do that too. We will note and publish the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 2588 is from Ms Katherine Licken, Secretary General of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, dated 27 November, providing further information requested by the committee regarding the Pálás cinema in Galway. We asked about...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will watch how it implements the recommendations. There is another item of correspondence from Mr. Robert Watt which relates to what was learned from the project.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: There is no reference to this in the report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The report does not give the full picture. It is not accurate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The committee will agree to write back expressing those views. We will ask the secretariat to show Deputy Connolly a draft of the letter before it goes out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is happy for the secretariat to go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: Grand, that is good. As I say, there is a follow-up item of correspondence from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to post-project reviews coming up in a moment. It follows on from us getting on to the Department about its role in post-project reviews and the learning process. We will come to that in a moment. It is a related item of correspondence. We will note...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: People may consider this boring but it is the role of the Committee of Public Accounts. We are actually really on the job when we are doing this type of work and compiling information in respect of every single reference to non-compliant procurement in 2019. It is an issue to which we will return, time permitting. We are doing an important job and we will continue to do it diligently. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: From what document is the Deputy reading?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: I see. This is the attachment to the Deputy's item. We will note No. 2585C, which comes from the Deputy herself. We are discussing the attachment to that document in conjunction with the letter from the HSE. We will note and publish the Deputy's letter as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: The HSE says that this system "is fully operational in HSE East since June 2019", which is only a few months ago. We received this correspondence in November. We are not going to publish the Deputy's correspondence because it includes the name of an individual.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: Was it received in the last month or two? Is it possible to check?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Dec 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is recent enough. I do not have the date in front of me. What would the Deputy like the committee to do?