Results 24,481-24,500 of 34,745 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Was the third case against the chairman, Mr. Meaney?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Why would the taxpayer be indemnifying an individual board member for something he may have done wrong? Why did the board feel the taxpayer should hand out substantial money? Why would it indemnify a board member if he was before the High Court for a case the board felt it had to settle? Who approved the use of taxpayers’ money for that purpose?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Did Mr Meaney say that the not having insurance for directors was the exception or the norm from his experience?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: When was this put in place if the settlement was only made recently?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: When did the board become aware of the problem of the director who had no insurance? Was it prior to that and it was decided to insure from thereon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Yet, Mr. Meaney said the case was concluded.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: 2010.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Is it correct that the settlement or compensation relates to the 2010 event and that perhaps the most recent issue of the director could have been settled by way of an apology or something like that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Can Mr. Meaney provide a breakdown? He may not disclose it now but we will be asking-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Can he provide a breakdown of the three cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Was it a global settlement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Will the payment be made in this calendar year? Will it be in the 2015 accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Is it a six-figure sum?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: It is a serious figure in terms of the scale. There was a loss in 2014 of €1 million, and a smaller amount in 2013. The figure is in the hundreds of thousands. Mr. Meaney has said that Bord na gCon received legal advice but it is difficult for the Committee of Public Accounts - this is taxpayers' money. It was August 2015 when the 2014 accounts were signed. We will not wait until...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: I am curious about this issue. Bord na gCon has been very successful in negotiating an improvement in its income for 2016. It had €13.6 million for 2015, from the taxpayer, and that will increase to €14.8 million in 2016. That is an increase of €1.2 million. Will the settlement of that outstanding legal case take a large proportion of that €1.2 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: In other words, this payment will just increase Bord na gCon's bank overdraft and interest payments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Is that cumulatively over those years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Returning to the 2010 issue of the derby, that particular dog was under the control of Bord na gCon at that stage and for that period on the track. The dog was got at in some way and the board must accept that because it would not be paying otherwise. It must accept that some substance was given to the dog to make sure he came in last. Something happened to the dog while it was under the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: We mentioned regulation before and it ties into doping in the industry. There have been some changes in AI rules but it has been brought to my attention that Bord na gCon is still allowing illegal dogs to compete under the new regulations. Is that correct? Mr. Meaney will say that the coursing club looks after the registration but it is subject to the general control and direction of Bord...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: What is Bord na gCon's relationship with it?