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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: This is a national issue for all of the ETBs. There is a national centralised service. They do not have their own internal audit function. They want a national service. They are based in Cavan and have trouble recruiting because staff are told that they need to spend a week in Cork, Donegal. This means they have trouble retaining staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: No, several ETBs raised this issue last year with us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: The other ETBs raised the matter previously.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We move on Kildare and Wicklow ETB, non-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: When will the 2017 and 2018 accounts be available?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General had to get the 2016 accounts out of the way before it could move forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General could not move to the 2017 accounts until the 2016 accounts were noted and published. There is a sequencing issue but it will come back in front of some members of the committee again, depending on who is here next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is Kildare and Wicklow ETB. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Irish Fiscal Council and Ordnance Survey Ireland all had clear audit opinions. I will not really discuss the work programme today and the next few days are out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is there. Caranua has been invited to appear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, on 17 October.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We has issues but that is coming up soon. That is the main issue on 17 October.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: When will the Comptroller and Auditor General will issue his report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We can discuss the work programme on Thursday next in light of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. We do not need to discuss it any further today. We will suspend in a moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely. Pobal is listed on the work programme. We will try to schedule a date-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: It will be on our work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: No, we will discuss it next week. I want to move on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: The nail has been hit on the head.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Before we adjourn, there are two items of correspondence I want to deal with and dispose of in private session. The latter is the wrong term but I want to deal with them promptly because they are issues we need to tackle. I do not want to leave them hanging unnecessarily. It will only take two minutes. We will adjourn then for ten minutes or so while the witnesses take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We are resuming in public session. I draw the attention of our guests to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and invite Ms Dixon to make her opening statement.