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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: Not necessarily. Bodies under the remit of the Department of Education and Skills were very bad some years ago. For instance, almost all the education and training boards were routinely late. We have smartened that area up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: In the year before this Committee of Public Accounts commenced its work, 40% of accounts were not in within three months. Last year, 87% of public bodies submitted on time, and I expect that figure to be even higher this year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: It varies. We are trying to ensure they submit their accounts within three months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will now move on to the work programme. We have no statements of account to consider. We will shortly welcome delegates from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss the 2017 appropriation account for Vote 30. In the afternoon, we have a private meeting with Mr. Allen Morgan, a former surveyor at the Office of Public Works. I ask as many members as possible to try...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: We have scheduled a private meeting specifically on this topic, which is in our work programme. At this stage I am going to suspend for a few minutes to allow the witnesses to take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: We meet to discuss the 2017 appropriation account for Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine. From the Department, we are joined by its Secretary General, Mr. Brendan Gleeson, Dr. Cecil Beamish, Mr. Martin Crowley, Ms Patricia Heeney and Mr. Paul Dillon. We are also joined by Ms Georgina Hughes Elders from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I remind members, witnesses and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: The lead speaker today is Deputy Catherine Murphy, who has 20 minutes. The second speaker is Deputy Bobby Aylward. Deputies Marc MacSharry and David Cullinane have also indicated and will have ten minutes each.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Will Mr. Gleeson explain that? He said some emissions cannot be traded.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Last week, we had a situation about tet trading of emissions. For the benefit of the public, will Mr. Gleeson explain the difference?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: What is in the traded area?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: That is the Department of energy-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: We will write to that Department for a note on the breakdown between those emissions that can be traded where we can buy our way out of not meeting our targets versus certain areas like agriculture that Mr. Gleeson mentioned where we cannot buy our way out if we do not meet the targets. It is not Mr. Gleeson's Department so we will write to the Secretary General of the Department of...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Very good.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: In the meantime, we will ask for a short report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: It would help the members too.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Exactly. The-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: To what is the Deputy referring?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Thank you. I am not familiar to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy asking Bord na gCon to send it to us?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Jun 2019) Seán Fleming: Is it the Department's report?