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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: They are people working in the charities.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is KARE in Kildare.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: That would be a disability unit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputies are correct. The issue of those working on the housing side of things will come up in a report that we will try to do on broadband and housing, before our periodic report, to deal with these two big issues that we have been dealing with over recent months. We want to flag this issue for the HSE when it comes into the committee. It is clear from the schedule that most of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are meeting the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, in respect of its 2017 financial statements. We joined from the EPA by Ms Laura Burke, director general, who is accompanied by Mr. Gerard O'Leary, Dr. Tom Ryan and Mr. Dan Harney. The representatives from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment are Ms Caroline Lyons and Ms Aoife Byrne. I remind members,...

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I invite Ms Burke to make her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Ms Burke for that. The lead speaker today is Deputy Cullinane who will have 20 minutes, followed by Deputy O'Connell who will have 15 minutes and other speakers will have ten minutes each, indicated in the following sequence, Deputy Catherine Murphy followed by Deputy Connolly.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I remind the Deputy that he has ten minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. The next speaker is Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Deputy, time.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: It can be forwarded to us.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I note Mr. O'Leary is pointing at something.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Are we safe?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is the result available to the witnesses online via their iPhones?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: We can get a breakdown of that sponsorship and the different programmes funded under the heading of communications.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: A company called Yellowstone designed the EPA's annual report. Is that cost included in the figure for public relations as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask Ms Burke to send us a breakdown of those figures.

Public Accounts Committee: Environmental Protection Agency: Financial Statements 2017 (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Deputy Connolly. I have some questions also. I echo Deputy Connolly's comments that it is a fine annual report. Representatives of many organisations appear before the committee and this is one of the better reports we have seen. I refer not just to the financial report but also the rest of the report which covers many areas. I can see that it takes a lot of work to get from the...