Results 6,201-6,220 of 34,616 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- 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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I have asked that we be in a position to issue it at the end of this month, which allows the secretariat a couple of weeks. There will also be the recess for Easter. We hope that it will be issued immediately after we return from the recess. The report contains two sections, which relate to broadband and housing. We will bring those two items forward.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: It will be one report which deals with two items and that will comprise a chunk of the next periodic report to be completed. Our target is for the end of this month. I reiterate what the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment stated because the people did not fully grasp it . There was a debate in the Dáil last week with the Minister on the issue, where he stated...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Our report will have to include clear signposts and signals in respect of the tendering process that has been ongoing since the end of December 2017, to ensure value for money in public expenditure. We will have the opportunity to discuss that only after the Easter break, but we will try to deal with it as quickly as possible at that stage because time is of the essence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy referring to the metropolitan area networks, MANs, or broadband?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: If the Deputy wishes to send us a note, we will consider it next week and take it up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: If that is an issue, we need to address it. We will write and make sure we get an answer on that. When we make our report in several weeks, it will include what is being suggested now. We will need certain points of clarification before we conclude our report. That sounds like one of them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy. That deals with the accounts and statements. Details of our work programme are now appearing on screen. Today we will hear from the Department of Justice and Equality. Next week we will hear from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We have received a request for a meeting on the national children's hospital from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: He is a consultant obstetrician at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Apr 2019)
Seán Fleming: The letter is on screen. Part of our next periodic report will deal with this issue. We will not be dealing with it in the report at the end of this month, which will only address two topics. Before we complete that report, if we want to invite-----