Results 3,841-3,860 of 34,585 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Please explain to the public what projects of common interest are.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are projects that are carried out with other states.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: A note on the dual role would be helpful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: There was a recent appointment made to the board. The book indicates that there are nine members.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Who was that recent appointment?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: No, it is not up-to-date.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Three of those members have gone.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Can this be sent back through the committee secretariat, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: On those two last points, I understand that in trying to contact the owner the local authorities check with the Property Registration Authority, send registered letters, and go back through old planning files to see the last point of contact. If they cannot find the owners, the local authorities affix a notice to the property, which normally alerts the person who is not living in the area...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Would Mr. Walsh be conscious of them?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: I have seen a practice beginning to develop around the country where people have been in default, they cannot pay, they have gone, and the banks are left owning the house. Local authorities are telling me that sometimes the bank lets it go because it is not worth trying to sell it on the open market and they like the CPO process because it gets the property off their hands, they get the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: They would be happy.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: They also end up getting a cheque without leaving their desks. That is the other side of it. I concur completely with Deputy O'Connell's comments about the location for oral hearings and the independence of those. I understand that other members have expressed their own views about whether the hearings should be held in local authority buildings. It is not a view of the committee and it...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: We have three out of nine. I had it on my list but the Deputy beat me to it. I wanted to raise it but the Deputy has dealt with it. That is all I am saying. It was raised, if not dealt with, I should say.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Are people appointed to the board through the Public Appointments Service or how does that happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: How old is that legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: But it is not done.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: This committee looks at corporate governance and we hear about appointments to boards. Sometimes the boards need a person who knows corporate governance, a person with a financial background, or somebody in the medical field. I do not need to know their résumés but will the witnesses send on to us their backgrounds?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes. Who on the board has a financial background, who has a legal background and how many planners are there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)
Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. Walsh to send it on.