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Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We got the impression that there were a number of projects.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am now handing over to Deputy O'Connell.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I am handing over to Deputy O'Connell who has ten minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are tight on time. We are up against the clock.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have to come in here. That is a matter for the Accounting Officer in the Department of Health. It cannot be answered-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Witnesses from the Department will come back in again with the hospital board. The OGP has no responsibility for the carrying out of the contract. The Department and the hospital board will come in again. The specifics of that matter are for the board, the HSE and the Department of Health. They will be back before the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Our next meeting after the break is with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. The Deputy can-----

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We leave that for a Minister of the Government.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Mr. Watt cannot answer that question yet. This meeting will stop on the button. There are about two minutes apiece for Deputies who remain to speak, which we will take in the sequence they started. I will start with Deputy MacSharry. The Deputy has three minutes maximum.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Last question please. The Deputy has had three minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Kelly.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I have to call Deputy Kelly.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are into three-minute slots and that is it.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: On any information Mr. Watt does not have to hand, I ask him to get it. I know Irish Water is Irish Water. He is dealing with capital projects. This document states that regarding Irish Water projects, €6.8 billion is direct Exchequer funding and €1.7 billion comes from Irish Water. The overwhelming majority is still coming from direct Exchequer funding.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We also need to consider the role of the regulator in this process because Irish Water is a regulated body.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I ask the Secretary General to consult TII and get a note back.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Finally, I call Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is fair enough. I will conclude this session here. I thank Mr. Watt and his officials for attending. We will suspend until 2 p.m. when we will deal with routine correspondence. We will then discuss our periodic report, which will be launched on Wednesday next at 11 a.m., in private session. The report, which covers our meetings during the period from September to December 2018, has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Having met the representatives from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform this morning, we now turn to the next item. Are the minutes of 28 February agreed and agreed to publish? Agreed. There are no matters arising that will not be dealt with in the course of the meeting. There are three categories of correspondence. The first relates to briefing documents and opening...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: It was 2006.