Results 2,261-2,280 of 34,585 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I ask the Deputy to liaise with the secretariat and we can send a letter to clarify the particular point. We will happily send on that letter to Caranua for clarification. We will note and published the letter received today. Correspondence No. 2570 was received from Ms Carol Hanney, chief executive of City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB, dated 22 November. It provides a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for clarification with regard to any matter from the family law courts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will go back for clarification. I am trying to come at it from SUSI's point of view. It might be helpful for an applicant to prove his or her case but the mere listing by a State body of information on barring orders and family law courts is not correct to start with.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, it is the subject of the barring order.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Family law.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: But nothing in connection with-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Once they are under 21 their parents are means tested for the purposes of the grant. We will ask for this particular point to be clarified again to be absolutely sure. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: This is the essence of where we came in at the beginning. Sometimes students just give up because they think they will not be able to get a grant. We will ask SUSI what other mechanism is in place. Perhaps a declaration can be signed by the parents and witnessed by a peace commissioner or commissioner of oaths. I do not know. There needs to be another mechanism to facilitate SUSI...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I am explaining the issue. I have met it several times in my constituency. SUSI looks for information on the income of both parents-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The student will say that his or her father does not live in the family home any more and that his income should not come into account. SUSI will then ask for this to be proved. Then there is an indicative list of documentation stating a barring order would be acceptable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: That applicants have.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will ask SUSI what alternatives it has. I know how the problem has arisen.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will clarify that with SUSI. Correspondence No. 2571 B is from Mr. Maurice Buckley, chairman of the Office of Public Works, providing a further update requested by the committee on discussions between the OPW and the landlord of Miesian Plaza. There was a meeting in October and the OPW is following up some matters. I propose we request a further update of matters not yet concluded....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: To which item is the Deputy referring? We are dealing with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Can we agree to send that letter to the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform and ask them to consider it and respond to us?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the Accounting Officer directly on that basis and seek full information and clarification on that point. I am proposing to hold over category C - correspondence from private individuals to next week's meeting. I will return to No. 2581 B from Mr. Peter Finnegan, Secretary General, Houses of the Oireachtas Service, which incorporates No. 2575 B and 2578 B.No. 2581 B is the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I have given that. The VAT exclusive works of the OPW were approximately-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: For clarification, the cost of the printing equipment was €1.369 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The proposed account for the works to be carried out was €229,000 plus VAT at 13.5 % because it is construction, which brings that up to €260,000. That brings the cost, excluding the works on the ventilation system, to €1.629 million.