Results 6,001-6,020 of 34,585 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I will pass on the details of the old case to which I am referring. It is not the major business but we want to discover what lessons were learned.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: That is it. That is our programme. Regarding two items at the very end of the list, Deputy MacSharry referred last week to incontinence wear in nursing homes, how he had met the HSE and how this matter had been dealt with. It is good to note that. We noted it last week so we can take it off the list. We included the Dormant Accounts Fund in an earlier periodic report not long ago so it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I wish to provide clarification on the serious issues for the benefit of the Deputy. During the meeting, I listened carefully to his contribution and there was nothing wrong whatsoever with his style. It was a cogently presented set of remarks and questions. We can agree everything that was asked related to the remit of the Prison Service. As Chairman, I came to the view that some of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I will conclude. That is in order. The committee will want to review the discussion here today. If I am wrong on this, the committee can tell me. However my view, like in my opening comment, is that when witnesses are here, all questions and answers are through the Chair. There is no vetting by any member of another member's questions. The Chair has authority to make a ruling that, to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was not anything in relation to yourself. There have been previous occasions where I have instructed Accounting Officers not to answer a question which I felt was not within the committee’s remit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: There is no precedent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, I made that decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy raised an important point. There were so many issues in his document that could have been put specifically to the Accounting Officer for response in writing in due course because it was not the subject. However, because he included in the series of question the term “which may involve criminal activity”, it was not my job at the meeting to dissect his statement and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: There was none. It was my own decision as Chair on the day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I received advice from the secretariat on two occasions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was during the meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: They were supporting the view I had arrived at and stated myself. They supported the view that I had arrived at as Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy was not thrown under a bus.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: No, it was off my head.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I am saying-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, both.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I do not have to hand.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: As this issue refers to staff of the Oireachtas, it will have to be discussed in private session. I have no issue with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: It was not legal advice. It was advice from staff.