Results 5,561-5,580 of 34,616 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee. He is joined by Mr. Mark Brady, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Deering. The first item is the minutes of the meeting of 9 May. Are they agreed? Agreed. There are no matters arising from the minutes which cannot be dealt with as we...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely. We will ask the secretary to take on board the content of that latest correspondence when preparing a document for us to consider on the housing issue. The next item, held over from the last occasion, is from Ms Rachel Downes, CEO, Caranua, dated 25 April 2019. It provides an update, requested by the committee, on the current financial position of the Residential Institutions...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: There is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: There is €6 million or something like that outstanding.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, that is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We had not planned for that to happen between now and July.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We had not planned for it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: It will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The 2018 financial statements are with the Comptroller and Auditor General at the moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: They are done. Does he have any idea of when they might be published?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: This issue will come up again in its annual financial statement for last year and we will have an opportunity to discuss it at that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We have discussed the 2017 accounts already. The 2018 accounts are under audit at the moment and will be dealt with later. No. 2147B is from Mr. Liam Sloyan, chief executive officer of the National Treatment Purchase Fund. It is dated 2 May 2019 and updates the committee regarding the review of the system of pricing under the nursing home support scheme. The National Treatment Purchase...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That was before the budget.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will ask that specific question again.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: He said that answering the question as to whether the plan should proceed would be a career-ending move.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will write to Mr. Robert Watt in that specific regard. The Secretary General of the Department of Health will be before the committee today and we will ask him the same question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Is that agreed? The committee agrees to that. It is definitely agreed. We note and publish that and will follow up on the request outlined by Deputy Cullinane. The next item of correspondence is No. 2151B from the Minister for Finance and for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, dated 9 May 2019. It is the minute from the Minister in respect of our periodic report No. 4, which...