Results 24,541-24,560 of 34,778 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: I want to ask the officials from the Department about this because I am disturbed to hear the taxpayer will be handing out €14.8 million for the coming year without a formal service level agreement, letters, plans and whatever. The Chairman will be issuing a recommendation that a formal service level agreement be in place. I am shocked to hear one does not exist. I cannot...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: They are the same questions but I have a different view of matters from up here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Is that in greyhounds?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. It is probably a personal opinion. What about the fact that there is no service level agreement in place?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: I will conclude in one moment and then call on Deputy McFadden. If there is €14.8 million and 10,000 recipients, the taxpayer is giving approximately €1,480 to everybody who is broadly involved in the industry as a subsidy to keep it going. It is good to put that figure on the record. That is how I translate the €14.8 million. It is divided among 10,000 people, with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: The final question I wanted to ask is on the Indecon report and the response to the recommendations. There was a chart in the Indecon report on the profitability of the tracks. It refers to them all and claims there was a loss of €4.296 million in the track income. I acknowledge there is other income. I am referring to recommendation No. 8, on the calibration of the number of race...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Eighty five this year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Races or race meetings?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Was having fewer races a problem or was it accepted as the reality within the industry? They probably could see the reality on the ground.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: I was listening to a conversation about Bord na gCon's properties. What is the annual commercial rates bill for all stadia?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Why is the rates bill to decrease?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: What has the experience been in counties where revaluations have occurred? Have rates decreased across the board or have any increased?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: If Bord na gCon's rates bills have decreased in these counties, other people's have increased to compensate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: Recommendation No 9 in the Indecon report is "Priority focus on co-mingling and fixed odds betting opportunities". What does co-mingling mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: I understand. The response Bord na gCon published on 10 October 2014 detailed the action point "Developing co-mingling contracts and income streams" and stated, "William Hill and other similar agreements secured, contracts ongoing". Another action point is "Conclude negotiations with TV providers" and the completion date is "quarter 4 2014 and ongoing". That was at the end of last year....
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: So in a full year, say, 2017, how much would one expect that heading to bring in? Would it be €1.5 million or-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: That is the gross figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: What is the retention rate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: So out of €1 million, one will only get €70,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statements 2014 (26 Nov 2015)
Seán Fleming: So out the €2 million, one will only get €150,000.