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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I want to clarify something for the public record and for everybody watching. These are questions and issues being raised by Deputy MacSharry, who is one of 13 members of this committee. This is not a request from the Committee of Public Accounts until such time as the committee agrees to put these questions to you. People regularly ask for information but it has to be agreed by the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: No. Just let me finish speaking. Every day we ask for further information but it is agreed by the committee to do so. If one member asks something on which the committee does not agree, it is a matter for that Deputy. I am not restricting Deputy MacSharry but what is happening now is a statement-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am not restricting a person's right to speak.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am giving the clarification. This is not a request from the Committee on Public Accounts. The committee has not yet decided what questions to put to the witness. This is a request from one member, which is not representative of the Committee on Public Accounts. I will probably refer the request to An Garda Síochána, and it will be for the members of the committee to decided...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are in an unusual situation, but it is not my job to restrict a member in Parliament from saying what he or she has to say. The member is not speaking for the committee. As of now, he is speaking for himself and it will be up to the committee to decide whether it wants to put these questions to the witness.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: To reiterate my position, as Chairman I respect the right of all members to speak openly and freely in this committee, as they are allowed to do in the Chamber. The Deputy has made it very clear that he had questions to put, and that he had made his own investigations and inquiries. No member of the committee is aware of any of the documentation or research the Deputy has carried out. I...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy will have noticed during today's proceedings that it often happens that a member will ask a question, and I will always tell the witnesses that they are to respond to the committee. I said that several times today.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: I say it every week. A person should not leave here wondering whether something said here was a request or a remark. I make it clear at every meeting that witnesses are to respond to the committee or to clarify issues for the committee. Questions come from the committee, not from me or from-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: There is no conflict here.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: People now understand the position. This is a matter for the committee. I thank Mr. O'Driscoll and the officials from the Department of Justice and Equality, Mr. Burke from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for their attendance. The clerk will follow up on any agreed follow-up information approved by the committee in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: Who was the Chairman on that occasion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: That meeting will concern the appropriation accounts for Vote 4, Central Statistics Office, and Vote 8, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. The committee has also agreed to the request from Professor Chris Fitzpatrick, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital and former Master of the Coombe Hospital from 2006 to 2012, in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Legal Cases (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Revenue Commissioners 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 respect of these prosecutions; the arrangements in place to collect the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Central Bank 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 respect of these prosecutions; the arrangements in place to collect the outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) will be put on a pay grade appropriate to their experience and qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15140/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities Status (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date position regarding a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with an autism diagnosis that require school placement in preschool settings, mainstream primary schools, ASD units or second-level schools at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15143/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs in each school in Portlaoise, County Laois; the annual cost of each; the cost of the prefabs for each school; his plans to replace the prefabs with permanent structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Data Protection Commission 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 respect of these prosecutions; the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Fleming: 235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of court prosecutions initiated by the Health and Safety Authority 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 respect of these prosecutions; the arrangements...