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Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We can delve into the issue in further detail subsequently, if the Deputy wants. I propose-----

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: If people want to spend more time on this on another day, we will do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Regarding non-competitive procurement, we will produce a report based on these accounts and take it from there.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: The Dublin Institute of Technology has presented its accounts to us. A different case arises involving an advance payment of €700,000. I propose that the committee write directly to the institute of technology asking for detailed background information relating to: how the advance payment arose; the decisions made in respect of the payment; whether it was approved at board level;...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. We will move on. The next page refers to the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission and the Loughs Agency.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: That concludes our deliberations on this matter. The moral of the story relates to non-competitive tendering in third level institutes. We can identify a couple of topics here that will be on our agenda for the autumn. As I stated, we do not normally have such a large number of accounts. However, six months of accounts have built up since the committee last met in January. Normally, we...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: No, I am proposing that we clear the work programme for the next three weeks. For next week, I ask members to submit to the clerk issues they wish the committee to address from September onwards.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: As there are only three weeks left before the recess, I am taking a pragmatic approach because the slots are nearly filled. I took the liberty of trying to fill our agenda for this period in order that the committee has work scheduled. I did not want to start scheduling our work today because we would not be able to make arrangements to meet officials by next Thursday. We had to issue...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: However, the NDFA's accounts do not come within the NTMA's remit. The issue of public private partnerships can be discussed with NTMA officials on 21 July. The NTMA is due to publish its 2015 financial statements next week. The meeting will be timely, therefore, because the agency's accounts will have just been published. On the meeting of 15 July, I will call Deputy Farrell in a moment...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We have a meeting on Thursday, 14 July with the Office of Public Works and a further meeting on Friday, 15 July with representatives of the Health Service Executive.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will obtain an up-to-date report on top-ups because the issue has been ongoing for the past year. I believe we have enough to deal with in that respect. A number of HSE documents were received yesterday afternoon. These are considerable in volume and most were in hard copy and folder form, rather than in electronic form. From that point of view, they are cumbersome. Listening to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: They were received by the secretariat. I have been aware since yesterday evening that hard copies arrived.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: No, it is the HSE's internal audit report into Console.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: It is in hard-copy form.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We do not want to do anything that would prejudice any legal proceedings which may flow from that issue. We have already mentioned that the Garda is carrying out investigations. We are already aware that the matter is before the High Court. We are also already aware that the Director of Corporate Enforcement is pursuing proceedings. We want to ensure that nothing we say or do might...

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: We will come to that before we conclude. I call Deputy Farrell.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: Can I be rude and say that I missed the Deputy's last remark. I was reading a note on this issue. Will the Deputy repeat his last remark?

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: I will take other comments on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Fleming: I want to be clear on the issue in relation to the circulation of the document we received. They want to get the views of members of the committee. Obviously, there are sensitive issues in that. The HSE has asked for it not to be made public or published before its representatives come here next week and, where people received documents, some in hard copy form and some in electronic form,...