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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, it would appear so.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We made the recommendation, but that is not to say that it may not have been done in any event. The committee did make a recommendation, however. The Comptroller and Auditor General compiled a chapter on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: To which page number is the Deputy referring?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It would have been the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: What is the purpose of that unit?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Is it a permanent unit and fully staffed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We might ask for a note on that. I was not aware of its existence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I wish to make one or two final comments. We will obviously write to the Secretary General of the Department about the implementation of the recommendations listed on page 3. Recommendations have been made and we want to see what is happening. That is a minor point. We should write to the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about this issue and send this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Very well. We want to ensure that projects take a whole-of-Government approach if funding comes from various sources and not just the line Department. We also want the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to have a policy on reports. A public spending update is to be published, or perhaps it has already been published. One recommendation is that training should be mandatory. While...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is wonderful, but-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: We have discussed this matter. We will get correspondence back from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht about the implementation of the narrow recommendations, and we will suggest that there should be wider lessons for the Department and for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely. Given the fact that the unit made reference to this in the report, we want to know what consideration was given to that matter. No. 2467 is correspondence from Mr. Derek Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Finance, dated 14 October. The letter responds to our request for information on fees paid to barristers. We agreed to note and publish this two weeks ago. This...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I call Deputy MacSharry and then Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: These are GPs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is a good question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: I propose that we send the particulars of the case that are subject to parliamentary question and further discussion to the DPC, which appeared before us recently, as a follow-up issue that has arisen. We will ask for the DPC’s opinion on it and a letter in reply. My opinion is that, if GP practices’ figures can be published, then others can be published. If it is intended to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: The legislation was not introduced to prevent every payment to every individual from ever being disclosed again. It was not intended for that. To be straight about it, I see what is happening in respect of the non-disclosure of fees paid to barristers, on the advice of the Attorney General, as the legal profession in the employ of the State and the barristers who are working on behalf of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is because the legal professionals, both in the employ of the State and the other category, are all the one club.