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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I am not having a discussion on this. The clerk has circulated a list of documents he believes we will require.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: People have been asked to add anything they wish to that. I decided to wait until after today's meeting before requesting documentation from various State agencies because I did not want to be in communication with them in advance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Fine.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Our work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We have agreed the first few weeks only.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: We will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Does it arise from the minutes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy wants to know whether any member had a briefing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I have made it publicly clear that during August I had three, four or five phone calls-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: -----with the recognised official-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I will just complete what I have to say. I spoke to the recognised official in NAMA who would deal with us. Those calls were about timing. I was trying to agree a date. I did not even know whether the report would be published. We had a bit of toing and froing. He wanted to know whether we wanted any information. I said we would wait until the meeting. I did not have any discussion...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I was asked whether we wanted to have a meeting. I said there was no need for a meeting. The meeting did not specify anything.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Kelly is the Vice Chairman of the committee. Perhaps that was the reason. I might have been away or something.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I took it that I was being contacted as the Chairman of the committee because I was trying to arrange meetings, secure the availability of witnesses and organise our timetable. I took it that the Chairman was being contacted about how the committee was going to proceed. I took three or four phone calls and then the secretariat eventually wrapped all the details up. I did not see any issue....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy may read the correspondence and she can raise the issue again the next day if it is not adequate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: The next item is correspondence 71B, correspondence from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, providing a note in respect of a look-back audit on all public private partnerships since 2003. A report on the latter is also included. Is it agreed to note this? Agreed. If people want to raise it again in future, they may do so. The next...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: It was an e-mail sent during the summer. We will note it and move on. Correspondence 72C is a letter from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills on the lateness in the laying of audited accounts of An Chéim, a body providing shared services to institutes of technology, which is being wound down. That is why we are late receiving...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: The annual document from the Comptroller and Auditor General, which I am sure will highlight some interesting facts across all Departments, will come tomorrow. We will wait for that and people will want to discuss it as well. I also wish to point out that the secretariat is in the process of creating a folder on the documents database for material on Project Eagle. It was put up in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: As there is no other business, we will proceed to No. 7, the examination of the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report No. 94, the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, sale of Project Eagle. Session A is with representatives of the Comptroller and Auditor General and a later session will include people from NAMA. The meeting will be in two parts and because of the size of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)
Seán Fleming: I appreciate that opening statement. The first speakers today will be Deputy Connolly followed by Deputy Burke.