Results 6,961-6,980 of 35,131 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes. It was bad planning by the Government to set up organisations. I have seen three or four cases. We might have to deal with that. Three years after they passed the legislation, they did not know which public bodies should be included under the public service pension scheme. Where were they going? There was a lack of planning when they drafted the legislation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: New legislation-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes. There is no learning. The Deputy is right. Everything we are seeing here was foreseeable in advance, if anybody had thought about it. There is nothing that should shock people. Everything we are witnessing in the context of the ETB sector, including the internal audit function, was foreseeable. There were approximately 30 old bodies - I am not sure how many of them there were - and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: We are-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Fail to plan,-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: -----plan to fail. That is it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: It is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes. There is a space here. We have seen this occurring a few times in the last period. When legislation is passed, no assessment is carried out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Probably.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Carlow and Waterford.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: The new bodies-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: Okay. In the case of Carlow Institute of Technology, there was a clear audit opinion. In the case of Dublin Institute of Technology, there was a clear audit opinion but there was non-compliant procurement. In the case of the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange, there was a clear audit opinion. In the case of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, which specifies...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: All of the health sector accounts have that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)
Seán Fleming: They have their own accounting standards.