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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Everybody is on a learning process and it is important that we share what we pick up here. Next, we will deal with correspondence C from private individuals and other correspondence. No. 1728 is from persons referred to as B and C in University of Limerick, UL. They continue to have concerns about the current work environment and want to engage with the committee. We heard recently from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. I propose that next Thursday we agree a work programme for January and February. There will definitely be a meeting or two on the third level education sector. We can discuss next Thursday whether we should have separate meetings for some of the whistleblowers. That will form our work early in the new year. No. 1770, which is related to the previous correspondence, is from an...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, not yet. We will follow up on that tomorrow to make sure we receive it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is no reason we should not have that information by next week. We requested a detailed breakdown in respect of the way various contracts were selected and the procurement process involved. We will follow up on that tomorrow. The next item is statements and accounts received since the last meeting. There are five sets of accounts, the first of which is for St. James's Hospital and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is publicly highlighted in its annual financial statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next statement of accounts is for the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board for 2017. It is a clear audited opinion. Again, there is a material level of non-compliance with national procurement guidelines and concerns regarding the adequacy of internal audit. We will see that in the annual statements for many of the ETBs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, and that is confirmed in the letter from the Department in that it accepts there has been inadequate internal audit resources available. The Department recruited staff but three of them have since left because the amount of work involved in travelling throughout the country to do internal audits was very difficult for the small group of people involved. They were away five days a week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a big issue here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are on a bit of a journey here. Two years ago, nobody was paying any to the non-submission or very late submission of ETB accounts. We have stepped it up and are getting them in. Now we have an internal audit problem. That is probably the next phase for us. The Department accepts that but I think it is involved in a new recruitment process.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next one is Kilkenny-Carlow ETB, for which there is a clear audit opinion. Again, it proactively highlights the difficulties relating to internal audit and welcomes an expansion of that function. It is proactive in highlighting the issues so the message is beginning to get out there. The next item is the Special EU Programmes Body. This is a North-South body which administers...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: If something similar had existed in the context of the Garda Síochána College in Templemore, some of the issues relating to the college would not arisen over the decades. It is a learning point. We will keep moving. Our work programme for the next meeting is on screen. We will be meeting representatives from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the Department to provide up-to-date information. We will not just deal with the report as originally prepared. The topic will be the provision of school transport and the special report but we will ask the Department to immediately ensure that we have up-to-date information to help us in our work on that. In other words, we want to discover what lessons has the Department...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will have to text and circulate that information to people the evening before the meeting is due to take place. I wish to go into private session in order to deal with a minor matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: We will examine the 2017 annual report of the Comptroller Auditor General and appropriation accounts: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment; Chapter 8, which deals with matters relating to cybersecurity, and Chapter 9, which deals with the energy efficiency national fund. We will also cover matters related to the national broadband plan to date. In order to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: We will hold that over until the second session.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: On the basis that we felt we might not complete our discussion on cybersecurity before lunch, we arranged for a second session to commence at 2 p.m. to conclude our deliberations. It is not necessary to have witnesses from the Garda Síochána and the Department of Defence present this morning when we are dealing with issues that are not relevant to them. I do not know how long we...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I ask Mr. Mark Griffin to make his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Mark Griffin for his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Chapter 8 - Measures relating to Cyber Security
Chapter 9 - Energy Efficiency National Fund (6 Dec 2018) Seán Fleming: Mr. Griffin, will you explain MANs for the people who are watching the proceedings?