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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is the letter from 10 May, No. 2152B, and I am reading from the top of page 4. I am doing this in the interests of balance. My view was made clear the last day; this is the HSE's view. In the interests of balance I want to put both on the record. It says:This review was conducted over a nine-week period and involved the deployment of a highly experienced international PwC team...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will take it up during the course of that meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will ask. The Director General of the HSE will be here shortly and we will pose those questions then.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I made a lot of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The reports from other consultants.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will discuss it when the HSE is here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is the Department's position. I read it out but I am not asking people to agree or disagree. I wanted to put it on the record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: As Chairman, I was trying to be impartial and to show that there was a counter point of view. I have put it on the record and people can judge it accordingly. I am not drawing conclusions. The next item is No. 2155, from the Comptroller and Auditor General, Seamus McCarthy, dated 9 May, providing an update to the committee regarding the submission by public bodies of draft financial...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Supreme Court imposed a stay on progressing one of the appeals. Is the Deputy's point that the case was before the courts and is a matter of public knowledge?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is item No. 10. Which is the other one?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: No. 8 refers to corporation tax and involves an estimated figure of more than €100 million. It states that the High Court has imposed a stay on progressing this appeal pending the outcome of judicial review proceedings which have yet to be heard in the High Court. No. 10 relates to an environment levy and the estimated quantum of the case is between €30 million and €50...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is separate from the Revenue Commissioners.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Who produces the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. We will deal with them in due course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is very good. The Revenue is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: -----one of the first organisations to have its accounts audited. If it can do so with a throughput of €77.3 billion, some of the smaller organisations should be able to do likewise. The final account received is for the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board, which received a clear audit opinion. We note that. The next item on the agenda is the work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We could also ascertain who is likely to be behind it when a contract is signed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The extension.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The other committee wishes to carry out certain examinations. There will be no duplication. Two committees will not do the same job. We have done a large volume of work. The Deputy's point is that we need to complete our work, which will be beneficial to other committees as they will not have to go back over ground already dealt with by this committee. We will discuss it further at our...