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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: We have not had a report. I think we will invite them to come before us as early as practicable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will make sure that we will not deal with them in the same week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I suspect it is an industry body.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: The accreditation issue. As I have already mentioned the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection will come before us after the Budget Statement as they will need a bit of time around the budget. They will appear on 7 November 2019. That is the provisional work programme. When the Comptroller and Auditor General issues his annual report at the end of the month, we will see...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: This morning we are meeting Bord na gCon about its financial statement for 2017. We are joined by the following from Bord na gCon: Mr. Gerard Dollard, chief executive officer; Mr. Philip Peake, deputy chief executive; Mr. John Tuohey, interim chief financial officer; and Mr. Joe Lewins, director of tote. From the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine we have: Dr. Kevin Smyth,...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Ms Chapman is not here. I remind members and witnesses, and everybody in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile phones. That means putting them onto airplane mode. Putting them on silent will still interfere with the recording system. I wish to advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and will remark on the last matter. Technically, we are dealing with the 2017 accounts, which are quite a bit out of date at this stage and given the major transactions happened in 2018. The Comptroller and Auditor General has confirmed that the accounts have been audited and certified. They have recently been presented to the Minister's office...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Dollard. The lead speaker is Deputy Farrell who has 20 minutes. The second speaker shall be Deputy Cassells who will have 15 minutes. The other speakers will have ten minutes each. They have indicated their wish to contribute in the following sequence: Deputy Kelly, Deputy Cullinane, Deputy Connolly, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Munster and Deputy Burke.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: A final question.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: The briefing notes were sent to members.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Deputy Shane Cassells has 15 minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: The next speaker is Deputy Kelly. They are ten-minute slots.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will give Mr. Dollard a chance to respond in due course.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: The chairperson was not specifically invited.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Sometimes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Fine. We will come back to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Other members of the committee are indicating.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Dollard, I must clarify one remark, which will only take a moment. It concerns Abargrove, which is involved. He mentioned something a few minutes ago, when he used the phrase "distorts the accounts". To what was he referring? I do not like, at a Committee of Public Accounts meeting, somebody saying the accounts have been distorted and to leave that comment hanging. Consequently, he...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Seán Fleming: Okay.