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- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I will conclude this part of the meeting. I thank Mr. Fraser and staff from the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Before they leave, are any of Mr. O'Malley's colleagues here this afternoon with the other three organisations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I want Mr. O'Malley to take them the message that the Committee of Public Expenditure expects to have representatives from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform here when it is talking about Votes. That is normal. We are dealing with three Votes this afternoon and no representative from the Department will be present to answer any questions. Take the message back.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: That is why I am aware of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I am disappointed to hear that we do not have representatives. Mr. O'Malley was helpful today on the issue we spoke about. His intervention was helpful today but this afternoon no one from the Department will be here to help. Take that message back. At 2 p.m., we will resume in public session to deal with the Votes of the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Director of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (7 Feb 2019)
Seán Fleming: We will resume in public session. We are joined this afternoon by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, and he is accompanied by Ms Maureen Mulligan, deputy director of audit. Before we get into the afternoon's business, I want to comment on the private session we had before the break. Two items came up in the private session and I want to put the result of that on...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: We shall now move on to the afternoon business. We are examining the Appropriation Accounts for 2017: Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General; Vote 5 - Office of the Director Public Prosecutions; and Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor. In case the public thinks otherwise, the witnesses present are not the Attorney General, Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, and Chief State...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I ask for the opening statement from the Accounting Officer of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I thank Ms Browne. Can we have Mr. Donoghue's opening statement as Accounting Officer for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: We are happy with that. We will note and publish the full statement and Mr. Donoghue will speak to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Donoghue. Members have indicated in the following sequence: Deputy O'Connell who has 20 minutes, followed by Deputies Connolly and Cullinane who will have ten minutes each.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I have a few general questions. How would we find out the total in legal fees paid to counsel and solicitors by Departments? Would the witnesses know it? I am talking about all commercial and prosecution services. What is the total amount spent through voted expenditure on legal fees?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Okay. I understand. How would this Parliament's Committee of Public Accounts go about getting that figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: The cost of legal fees.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: Has the Comptroller and Auditor General ever looked at this or how would we go about putting a full figure on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: That would come from each Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: What about the State Claims Agency?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: One could start by way of parliamentary questions, PQs, or whatever else. That is another day's work. We have had key legal offices here. Who else can prosecute a person or an entity in the Irish courts other than whomever is impacted, from the State's point of view? I am not talking about private litigation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I can think of a few. That is why I ask.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: It could be a local fisheries board if someone is fishing where he or she should not be.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (7 Feb 2019) Seán Fleming: I am thinking about the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, or some of these others bodies. We will start with national agencies like that. Can those two organisations prosecute directly?