Results 5,601-5,620 of 34,616 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will be meeting in two weeks. The report should be presented to the committee within ten days or at our next meeting we will set a date for representatives of Cork IT to appear before the committee and explain why the report has not been completed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the chief executive and the chairman of the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We must have the answer before we meet in two weeks' time. If not, we will set a date to bring them here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: We had a good meeting with the EPA some weeks ago. Two weeks is more than long enough for a Secretary General to provide a response. We will follow up the matter directly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: If we have not received a response on this day two weeks, it will be well over one month and we will set a date for representatives of the EPA to come and tell us why it has not responded. I am taking that approach to get people to act properly.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Today we will continue our examination of the 2017 financial statements of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. From the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board we are joined by Mr. Fred Barry, the new chairman; Dr. Emma Curtis, medical director; Mr. Jim Farragher, finance officer, and Mr. Paul Quinn. From the Department of Health we are joined by Mr. Jim Breslin,...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Breslin. I believe Mr. Barry has been here in previous capacities in the National Roads Authority, or whatever it was named, on previous occasions. He is welcome now to give his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Barry. Before I call the first member, I want to ask Mr. Breslin a question. The State will invest approximately €2 billion. When it is opened in 2023, will the State own the site on which this €2 billion will have been spent?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: On the tri-location of the maternity services, incorporating the Coombe hospital, a site has been reserved. Will that be owned by the State?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: People will be pleased to know that, because that question has been asked in recent days. I thank the Secretary General for that answer. Today the lead speaker is Deputy O'Connell, who has 20 minutes. The second speaker is Deputy Connolly, who will have 15 minutes. Other speakers will have ten minutes in the following sequence: Deputies MacSharry, Catherine Murphy and Cullinane.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy O'Connell and call Deputy Catherine Connolly.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: From what page is the Deputy quoting?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was the HSE that sent it to us.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: Could the Deputy read the heading of the document?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is the next one.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I am confused now. I have three documents in my hand. The first document is the PwC report, commissioned at the end of January-early February and published one month ago. We are all agreed on that. The second is an internal HSE or Department of Health document, into which PwC had an input, produced in December.
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The third document is a Mazars report from 17 December. The HSE report, into which PwC had an input, was produced three or four days later. The timeframe is one week before Christmas. The decision was made after this, but between this and the following week, an additional HSE report was produced. We have a PwC report, a HSE report which was produced towards the end of December, the Mazars...
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: The development board produced a report, comprised of over 100 pages, on 28 November. Within a fortnight, the Mazars report and the development board report are produced. Within a week of that, the HSE reports, incorporating PwC's input, on the two previous reports. In January, we get another report. Is my sequence correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)
Seán Fleming: I understand a report is produced every month. Who is drafting it this month?