Results 24,041-24,060 of 34,729 for speaker:Seán Fleming

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy asking us to forward this correspondence to Mr. Fannin?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: He may or may not agree with the contents.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will say we note there are ongoing proceedings against the Minister and the Garda Commissioner and, as a result, we can only note the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes, we will give him an explanation.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes, it is a courtesy issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. No. 14C relates to the adequacy of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's response to the recommendation of the committee's report on the wards of court. As this relates to the minutes already discussed, I propose that we discuss the correspondence with the wards of court report separately next week. No. 15C is a letter from Mr. Alan Farrell calling on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will do it page-by-page on the screen and members may make comments. I will not call them out. On screen 1, we start with the Citizens Information Board, clear audit opinion. Some of them are new agencies and some of them have merged with other organisations in the meantime. Are we happy to note that page 1, up to 4.13? I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to make comments if...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to clarify. We raised that a moment ago.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Commercial rates.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Without having to call witnesses in, can the Comptroller and Auditor General send us a note on the topic I raised-----

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: ----- and we will deal with it separately? I do not propose to call them in but I would like information on it anyway. That is good.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: That is from when it was set up, from 31 October to the end of December.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Grand.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General. We will move on to the next page. Are these available in the Oireachtas Library?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: If anybody wants to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: They will be in the Oireachtas Library. Page 2 starts with the National Roads Authority, clear audit opinion. The last item on that page is the Economic and Social Research Institute, a clear audit opinion. Then there are issues there regarding deferred pensions. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to explain that because it comes up regularly in public bodies. This is a regular...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Clear as mud. People get it. Regarding public sector bodies, if it was a private company, it would have to provide for a pension fund in its account. However, because it is a public sector body, some take the view that there will be funding from the State in due course to cover this and so do not provide for the full liability in its accounts because it knows the State, because of the...