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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: That has been changed thanks to this committee highlighting the issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is the audit committee for the President's Establishment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: No, the President has established an independent committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is at the goodwill of the President.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is at the goodwill of the President.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: The answer is that we now have a greater level of transparency as a result of our debate on the issue last year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: The information is available on the Áras an Uactharáin website. I have seen it. I suspect journalists will seek a copy of it every year. The current information is published on the website. I have seen it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: We all know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are stating the obvious.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: In 1938.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was established under statutory instrument.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: Ministers for Finance.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was done by way of statutory instrument, which is published. The Dáil is always free to debate a statutory instrument.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: I am sorry but it is a function of the Taoiseach. It was increased by different taoisigh down through the years. It used to be under the Department of Finance and has now moved to the Department of the Taoiseach.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: A statutory instrument is published, and Members of the Dáil are free to have a discussion on it but that rarely happens.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: I want to put one thing in context-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: When was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: Let me make one observation here, to make it clear to the people watching. This fund is paid from the Central Fund, which does not go through a Vote in the Oireachtas. In addition to the President's allowance, the Central Fund also includes payments for the Judiciary and the Comptroller and Auditor General. I am a layman, but the President's Establishment, the Judiciary, and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will move on. The next item relates to Teagasc. The committee recommended that Teagasc ensures procurement processes are complied with, and that has been accepted in full. We spotted an issue, and that has been accepted. The next recommendation states:The committee recommends that a more sustainable method for establishing funds for both (a) infrastructural maintenance and (b) longer...