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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of court prosecutions initiated by the National Transport Authority in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the result of each of these court cases; the number and value of fines issued in each year; the value of fines collected each year; the value of fines still outstanding in respect of these prosecutions; the arrangements in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Office of an tArd-Chláraitheoir (Civil Registration Act 2004) in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the result of each of these court cases; the number and values of fines issued in each year; the value of fines collected each year; the value of fines still outstanding in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness at the committee. He is joined by Ms Maureen Mulligan, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputy Deering. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 7 March. Are they agreed to? Agreed. They will be published. As I cannot see anything arising...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is the SUSI grants scheme supposed to be audited by the ETB internal audit function?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does the Department have any role to play in carrying out the internal audit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is dreadful. This is an organisation through which €500 million of taxpayers' money passes each year and the correspondence appears to show that no internal audit reports have been carried out in at least the last year and a half. That is not acceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will send the letter to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, noting the serious concerns expressed. It is up to the Department to get a handle on the issue. The solution is not in the hands of individual ETBs. It is obviously a departmental issue. I will pass on the concerns that have been expressed. The Department must come up with a detailed plan to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is a move afoot on shared services?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will ask for a detailed note on the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Has an individual ETB been given the contract to provide shared payroll services? Has that point been reached?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We require a detailed specific update on where it is at now and the timetable to completion, not on the original plan. I would appreciate that. This will be noted and published. Is that agreed? Agreed. It follows on from the City of Dublin Education and Training Board, CDETB. I believe that the Galway and Mayo situation is replicated in many places around the State. No. 2041B from Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: They talk about geopolitical, economic, social, environmental and technological risks.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I would ask members to read those matters. They can be taken up with the respective line Department's committees if there is a risk register for each Department. That job should be dealt with by the respective sectoral committees from their own points of view. This correspondence has been produced for the Committee of Public Accounts, and it was overseen by the Department of the Taoiseach,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes. We discussed it here at our previous meeting: the costs of all-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, the tribunals and the commissions of inquiry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes. We had that information at the last or second last meeting. That was definitely published and is on our database. If the Deputy has any problems, she will be able to get it through the system here. We had a good discussion on that the last day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: No. 2046B from Mr. Ray Mitchell relates to the Hannaway report on the national human resource division. The correspondence states:The Human Resources Division contacted Mr. Conor Hannaway who was involved in the process, and he has advised that the intervention was an organisation development initiative which resulted in a briefing (set of presentation slides, which were provided to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: It is baffling. That is the letter from the regulation office and the Irish Council for Social Housing gives a staff figure of 4,600 and mentions almost 6,000 volunteers. Maybe the other letter should have referred to staffing, including volunteers. I do not know. It is not clear so we need clarification from both bodies. I do not follow the two letters. They seem to be saying different...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: The figure is 28,000.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Of which letter?