Results 6,161-6,180 of 34,585 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: We have to write to the person who wrote to us to get their permission to do that. There was a reference to inaccurate or misleading statements at a recent meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts and we should write directly to the KWETB about that because evidence given at this committee is our affair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, it is about legal advice. The chairman gave an answer so we will ask for confirmation or clarification, or maybe a response to that part of the report with the consent of the person who wrote to us. To be clear, we have to get the consent of the person who wrote to us, we will write to the board about the evidence given by the board members and the Accounting Officer to this committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I do not know about the judgment. It concerned an individual who sought information under freedom of information on value for money in respect of Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurance Limited. It was granted by the Information Commissioner but the Local Government Management Agency, LGMA, refused to issue it, which became the subject of the High Court proceedings last week. Did the court-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will get our own update.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is to be released but-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: She was the chairperson.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will get it because the correspondent wrote to this committee on account of the fact that we were dealing with insurance claims. The State Claims Agency came before the committee and indicated that it had taken over dealing with all the section 38 organisations. It received approximately €4 billion in State funding for its activities and it is welcome that this has all been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I refer to the case of IPB and local government.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: As I recall, we wrote to the LGMA before Christmas to seek the report but it was declined.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I understand that. Does IPB have any role in respect of the Oireachtas? I am not sure but I think it might handle our public liability insurance as Oireachtas Members, although I may be wrong.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, exactly. It is an issue of public interest.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes, I am pleased that we have reached a conclusion on the matter because we had raised it. The next item is No. 2084, from an individual we dealt with last week in respect of No. 2070, on the election observation roster. The individual has provided a correction. The briefing last week stated the individual was not granted a place on the roster and has taken an appeal to the High Court,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I understand but have we already covered the matter in the periodic report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: We either dealt with it in a previous periodic report or it may have been considered elsewhere.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: We know that there was a gap between the appointments and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Does this issue relate to self-employed contracts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: My recollection is that RTÉ told us it was addressing the issue in the case of all new contracts, but that people were concerned about all the employees who had begun work there before the change of policy. We did not have the impression the latter set of employees was being addressed. We need an update.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next item is accounts and statements received since the last meeting, and four slides will be shown on the screen. The first concerns Letterkenny Institute of Technology, which has a clear audit opinion. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has a clear audit opinion but the issue of superannuation entitlements is mentioned, as it is in accounts...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: The next item is the work programme.