Results 8,781-8,800 of 34,616 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will the Deputy submit a note in order that we can then write to the HSE on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We probably all have examples of that but if the Deputy gives us a specific note, we will get a response and we will have movement on issue before the HSE comes before us.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Did we raise it the last day?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: That issue was raised at the meeting and we will ask the secretariat to look over that aspect of the transcript.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the agency in the meantime based on what we discussed at the meeting because I am looking at the letter we had here this morning, No. 1768B, and the heading is matters related to medical negligence, open disclosure, and CervicalCheck and thalidomide-related litigation. I might not be doing the State Claims Agency a favour but I am glancing through that correspondence and I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: In the correspondence I just referred to, the thalidomide issue is dealt with in paragraph 4 on page 3. The final sentence states:Subsequently the Chief State Solicitor's Office, due to pressure on resources in its office, came off record in the Thalidomide matters and was replaced by Hayes, Solicitors, a firm with an established track-record in the Defence of medicinal product liability...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the State Claims Agency on that basis and to explore mediation further.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, we cannot trespass on how it defends its case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We raised the issue the day the State Claims Agency was here. We have had two items of correspondence from it in the meantime, I am asking the secretariat to check the two items of correspondence and if it has not answered us on the issues raised around thalidomide, we will go back and ask. It will be in before us again.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is not happening even though it is in place in theory.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will make a general point related to how long things take. Regarding the summit on the catastrophic infants' cases, the agency in its correspondence states, "The Agency only ever becomes involved when the letter of claim is received." By that time, the solicitor has done all the research and all the work and then submits his or her claim. The agency further states, "This has the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: The committee will examine the Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98 on the provision of school transport. We are joined from the Department of Education and Skills by Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Mr. Ned Costello and Mr. Richard Dolan. They are accompanied by representatives of Bus Éireann: Mr. Stephen Kent, CEO, Mr. Tom Delaney and Ms Miriam Flynn....
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Aylward has 20 minutes and Deputy Connolly will have 15 minutes before we get to the ten-minute slots. I ask Deputies to stick to the time limits because we must take into account the business in the Chamber. I will be more strict than I am normally. If there is time for somebody to get in a second time, it is all well and good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: What does Mr. Kent mean by a double route? Please explain.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: They do two runs in the morning and two in the evening.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Time flies. The Deputy might get back the second time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: This is your last question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay. I am moving on to the next Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy's question was not about over-allocating. He said that the Department has no method of knowing whether a ticket for a seat that has been allocated to someone is being used. We are not suggesting that the Department should over-allocate. We are saying that if the Department had a system that allowed it to gather evidence of seats not being used, and it transpired after a full...
- Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport (13 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, we are not talking about that at all.