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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think so. I will be up front, in that we all received the letters. I spoke to the Minister. There were issues about the man's contract, but he has been appointed for a third term. That is unusual, but there were reasons for it which might have been good or bad. We will ask the Minister to respond to us on the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will ask the Minister to give us an exact response. Many people have raised the issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will ask about that matter specifically, as well as the circumstances surrounding it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think he has. I forgot to mention him in the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. McCarthy audit HRI?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: It is within our remit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I understand what Deputy Catherine Connolly is saying. We will write to the Minister about the specific issue. The individual concerned is contacting the committee because he believes a body that receives substantial public funding - HRI receives a substantial grant, as does Bord na gCon - should be answerable to the committee. He has a complaint against the organisation and believes we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I am being straight about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: That is fine for now. There has been protracted correspondence with many organisations. As Deputy Connolly states, we need to bring it to a conclusion at some stage. We are not in a position today to do that, but we will come back to it. The next item of correspondence is a letter from an individual in respect of Meath County Council and previous correspondence to the PAC. The person...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I think we will write to Pobal in respect of its 2015 accounts and ask it for a detailed information note on that issue. Is that agreed? Agreed. When we get that note, we can decide what to do then. No. 4.2 is the accounts of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, which has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.3 is the finance accounts and the annual statement of the transactions of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: It has received a clear audit opinion. We are safe for the moment. No. 4.4 is the accounts of the Pensions Authority, which has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.5, Teilifis na Gaeilge received a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to note 5, which sets out that the director general operated without a contract since March 2014. The appointment of a director general requires...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will write to Teilifis na Gaeilge asking for the up-to-date position. No. 4.6, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.7 is the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland which has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.8 is the Heath Insurance Authority which has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.9 is the Dublin Docklands Development Authority...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Is the Dublin Docklands Development Authority still in existence?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We can write to the authority seeking an information note in respect of that contract. No. 4.10 is the Grand Canal Harbour Management Company Limited, which has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.11, the Dublin Docklands Affordable Housing Limited, has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.12, Enterprise Ireland has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.13, Kildare Wicklow Education...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will give them a break.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: No. 4.14 is the National Oil Reserves Agency Limited and it has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.15, An Bord Pleanála has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.16, the National Council for Special Education has received a clear audit opinion but no review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control was conducted by the council. This is a relatively new...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Is it an historic issue in respect of FÁS?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: If members want to look at the SOLAS accounts, they are free to do so.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Members may read the accounts and raise this issue again at a subsequent meeting. No. 4.19, the Irish Blood Transfusion Board has received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.20, the National Cancer Registry Board received a clear audit opinion. No. 4.21, the National Disability Authority received a clear audit opinion for the 2014 accounting period. No. 4.23, the Irish Sports Council received a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Land Commission collected €858,000 is 2015. The assets and liabilities of the Land Commission were transferred to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and will be dealt with as part of the Estimate for that Department from now on. Nobody will be getting their money back. Some people still owe money to the Land Commission. No. 4.26, the Cork Institute of Technology...