Results 9,601-9,620 of 34,618 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. The Deputy has sent us a letter, No. 1733 C. We were coming to it shortly. It is specifically about seeking a detailed note regarding the removal of the gates in the Phoenix Park and their repair, restoration and re-erection. It asks whether it had been discussed before it was known that there would be a papal visit. The correspondence also says "in view of the spreadsheet...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write to the Department specifically on that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write specifically to the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: The letter will be on one issue, namely, WIT. No. 1719B is from the Higher Education Authority providing details of the employee assistance help lines, which we will note and publish. No. 1721B is from the Housing Agency and follows up on our previous meeting. We will note and publish this correspondence, which provides very good information. I thank the agency for supplying it. It...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is No. 1721B. The Housing Agency has provided a good information note on the regulation of approved housing bodies, which is not statutory. It has also provided a good note on land management on the 600 acres and 83 sites it owns. It gives information on sites transferred and sites progressing where agreement to transfer is in place, and details on the various capital funding schemes...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Not yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We sent the second letter over two weeks ago. In respect of the Deputy's point about the 2,224 houses referred to under schedule 2, the Housing Agency did not give a breakdown by local authority of those that were considered unsuitable by reference to location and sustainability. We will write back to the agency requesting that list. In addition, when we get that list we will write to the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will get that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will get the breakdown. We are asking the Department to get the information from each local authority. The local authorities have it, as I have seen myself, and we want it in here. The information from the Housing Agency was helpful but more is required. We will return to the housing issue. We had the first meeting on it last week. The housing assistance payment, HAP, and all the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, probably-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Maybe. We will deal with HAP to some extent next week as we will have representatives from the Departments of Housing, Planning and Local Government with Employment Affairs and Social Protection. No. 1724B is from NAMA and provides information requested by the committee regarding the geographic location of purchasers of €24 billion of disposals by NAMA. That follows on from a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is No. 1724B. It is only one page. NAMA had given us a breakdown of where the purchasers of NAMA property sold in Ireland were from and we asked for the breakdown of all secured assets worldwide. The letter indicates that the jurisdiction of the purchasers in respect of the €24 billion of secured assets, both Irish and foreign, is as follows: 33% of the purchasers were in Great...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, we will have to bring this into that debate as well. No. 1725B is in respect of information requested by the committee regarding structural assessments carried out in schools constructed by Western Building Systems. People will find this very interesting. It is very detailed information on those schools that have been examined, those that have been reopened and those on which work...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Now that it has been noted and published, it is out there for everyone to discuss as Deputies, parties and journalists. The committee can discuss it, but I advise people to make their comments. The committee has done its job by getting this amount of information. We can follow it through in further detail, but I expect that members will, based on this information, be raising the issue in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: When the Department appears before us to discuss its Vote in the new year, we will specifically-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----list this as a discussion item for which the Department should prepare.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: Signing off on a construction contract that costs a great deal of money might be within another committee's remit, but it is certainly within ours. The sign-off on payment for work down is a financial matter, full stop.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We need to examine those matters in further detail.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Nov 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will revert to this correspondence, as there is a great deal in it. I have only had a first read of it. Do members wish to revert to it next week?