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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: The committee will also decide to send this to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine because it may be of interest to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. A few points arise from this correspondence. It has opened up the issue of consultancy services. Is it possible, via the liaison officer, to pull the figures that were published in the appropriation accounts? That would give us a starting point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General's office and the liaison officer will provide us with that information. We will then write to each of the Accounting Officers for a breakdown, including the categories and companies involved. We might pick a figure greater than €5,000 or €10,000. We will not get lost in the little stuff when there are such large amounts involved. We will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: In our letters to the Accounting Officers, we can show what was included under consultancy, ask for a breakdown but also ask them to please-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is a good start. The point mentioned by Deputy Catherine Murphy relates to this correspondence as well. Some five weeks ago representatives from Bord na gCon were here and we asked for information, all of which we now have. On the same day, I spoke specifically about the Irish Coursing Club. It is intended that body will now register all new-born dogs. That information will then be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: A letter that was unclear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is very clear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: We did not ask it to specify.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: It needed clarification.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: There might be, but I did not see it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy can come back on that issue. The essential information is contained in a one-page reply and then there is a second one-page briefing note showing the reconciliation. That is it and the rest is subsidiary material.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is stated that at the end of 2018, the general Government debt was €206 billion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: I suspect it will be about €5 billion in the coming year. It is good to get that information and we have it now. It shows that we will be on the case when we get an answer from a Department that is not exactly correct. We got this clarification as a result of asking. We will note and publish this reply. The next item is No. 244B from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will come to the work programme in a few minutes. I do not think they are due to appear in the immediate future. We will note and publish that correspondence. The next item is No. 2447, dated 10 October 2019, from Ms Lorna Gallagher, appeals commissioner at the Tax Appeals Commission, responding to our request for an information note and further details on the ten highest value...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: I will call the Comptroller and Auditor General in a moment to give his opinion. I am familiar with the article to which the Deputy refers. The committee has highlighted a couple of matters. First, only a fraction of the settlements published by the commission are paid. Although a firm may be adjudicated as owing €1.4 million or similar, there is no indication of whether that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Of the published judgments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: We need to see the trend because one high-value case can distort the quarterly figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Uncollected.