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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will get the transcript from last week but I want to formally minute that automatically even if we do not it from now to ensure that this will happen automatically. This will put direct pressure back on the chief executive officer of the organisation that if he or she does not comply with public procurement, it will be raised formally at the Committee of Public Accounts and the person...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: I apologise as we have accounts on a further page. We have been very environmentally-friendly by having some of these on the reverse side of the page and we are saving on paper.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2019)
Seán Fleming: Cork ETB have a clear audit opinion but attention is drawn to non-compliant procurement to the value of €2 million. We are writing directly to it, as we have just mentioned. Regarding Kildare and Wicklow ETB, attention is drawn to lapses of internal control-----
- 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.