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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will come back to it next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will hold it over. The Deputy can see what we are thinking.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will be happy to do that because if we send off correspondence in the meantime, we will still be waiting on the reply. We have touched on the issue and we now know it is a broader issue. We will come back to it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: No. 2170 is next from Mr. Ciarán Breen, director of the State Claims Agency. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the sums involved in potential claims or claims lodged in respect of an outbreak of tuberculosis within the Irish Prison Service. The agency has not attached confidentiality clauses to any settlement. Mr Breen states that the figures provided are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will put that correspondence on the record. No. 2174, dated 21 May, is from Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll, Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the lessons for the Irish Prison Service to ensure issues as the outbreak of tuberculosis will be prevented. We will discuss the two letters together as they deal with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: They will appear before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I agree with the Deputy. I am concerned most by the letter from Mr. O'Driscoll on this issue. It states that following the outbreak of tuberculosis in 2011 in the Irish Prison Service it was recognised that a whole-of-prison approach to TB control was required. It further states that the tuberculosis management policy was completed on 3 January 2019. It took eight years from the outbreak...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The agency is scheduled to appear before the committee on 4 July.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: Absolutely. Risk management must also be considered. Prevention is better than cure. We will take these matters up with the representatives of the State Claims Agency when they appear before the committee in five weeks to deal with its annual report. No. 2173 is from Mr. Drew Harris, the Garda Commissioner. It is a request that the record be corrected in respect of a comment he made at...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: What does the Deputy find appalling?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The person was arrested in their job.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will not get into the details of the matter, but in order that people know what is under discussion, at the meeting Deputy Cullinane asked the Commissioner in respect of a particular case about which he had read in the media. He asked:Does that mean the Garda has conducted an examination of the case? Has Mr. Harris examined the claims made by the individual in question? Mr. Harris...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is correct. It is an example of members' commitment to their public duty that they want to see this matter through. We could have easily declined to insist on quarterly reports and allowed the matter to just hang there. We will publish the letter. There have been improvements in a number of areas. The Christian Brothers have recently contributed €2 million but they still owe...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is why I am putting it on the public record. The public might not appreciate the significant nuances around this. We also asked about enforcement. Up to 2018, all operators were fully compliant with their obligations but in 2018, two operators failed to comply with their obligations to surrender emissions trading allowances to cover their emissions for 2017. The two operators were...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will do that. One would hope and expect it to do the right thing. Let us verify it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: The next category of correspondence is C, correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence which is not for publication. No. 2166 C is from an individual dated 13 May 2019 requesting the committee to undertake a detailed scrutiny of the proposed BusConnects project. Our position is this is a policy area and an ongoing project. No. 2171 C from an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I agree with members. We need, at least, to have the opportunity to listen to Mr. Morgan. There are two possibilities. It would be a private meeting in any event. Should it be public?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I believe his preference is to have a private meeting. We will check that directly with him. If his preference is to have a private meeting, we will have it some afternoon. There will be some afternoon when we will be finished to 3.30 p.m. or some such time.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: That makes sense. Will we contact Mr. Morgan directly with a view to setting up a meeting? It will be on a Thursday afternoon. We can determine whether he wants a public or private meeting. It he wants a private meeting, we will go private. If he wants a public meeting, we will have it in public. It will be on a Thursday afternoon. That would probably be the best.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: I suggest a Thursday afternoon because we will already have a quorum established. I would not like to call a meeting here every Tuesday evening only to be embarrassed over not having a quorum.