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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: With the entire board?

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: Did the Comptroller and Auditor General meet the chairman?

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: Is the chairman not an adequate representative of the board to convey the views of the board members to the Comptroller and Auditor General directly?

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: Obviously not.

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: We will bring Mr. McEnery back specifically. He has acknowledged he appreciates the fact that we are inviting other members of the board to appear before us. The plan will be to have two or three for a session, rather than five individuals. We will sort out the logistics such that it can-----

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: On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts, I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General who has been here since 9 a.m., Mr. Daly, Mr. McDonagh and the NAMA officials, as well as the officials from the Department of Finance who have been here since early morning. It has been a long day. It was worth taking the extra hour or two to complete this part of our work and we appreciate all the...

Topical Issue Debate: Library Services (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that he has taken the time to reply to this matter today. I agree with some of what he said. There are benefits to the initiative but I do not think people considered the possible difficulties. Any assessment of a pilot scheme should consider the benefits and downsides, and the downsides were not considered in this process. This new...

Topical Issue Debate: Library Services (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I wish to raise a very important issue that will affect every county in due course. It concerns an initiative by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government called the Open Library service. Essentially, the Department is providing funding to local authorities for opening libraries in cities and towns throughout the country on the basis that there would be no staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Laois-Offaly Garda division. [27407/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community Gardaí in the Laois-Offaly Garda division. [27406/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Valuation Office (27 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27469/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will deal with the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report first and will deal with the other business of the committee later. We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is the permanent witness to the committee. He is accompanied by Mr. Andrew Harkness, director of audit. There will be two parts to our consideration of this report. In the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy for his presentation. I now call Mr. Watt to make an opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Watt for his presentation. Our first speaker is Deputy Farrell.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Speakers have indicated in the following sequence: Deputies Madigan, Connolly and Cassells. I remind members that officials from the Central Bank will appear separately for the second half of this report.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Watt to repeat that as his comments are not being picked up owing to mobile telephone interference.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Cassells.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Are any of these as a result of unfair dismissals?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: Some of these would have gone through an external process for unfair dismissals and this is the figure. Perhaps you would send us a note on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 91 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Management of Severance Payments in Public Sector Bodies (21 Sep 2016)

Seán Fleming: We understand. Many of them avoided all that and reduced the legal costs. However, you might tell us if any of these were as a result of that.