Results 10,761-10,780 of 34,618 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will decide in a minute where we are going. Very briefly, Deputy Cullinane, and then we will try to get-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It recently moved to the Department of Justice and Equality as part of the property registration-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. The five State organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask Mr. McCarthy to make one last quick comment and then I will try to summarise the matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The office got an extra 5%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, that was auditing and reporting for the full office, Vote A, for next year, based on what the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy MacSharry is making a suggestion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will do so at the level of the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will bring the discussion on the topic to a conclusion. We have to compliment the journalists and newspapers on the freedom of information requests, but it is sad when a freedom of information request trumps a constitutional committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is unacceptable and it is not the only incidence in recent times. There is consensus that it merits being the subject of a separate meeting, although there is enough to be done next Thursday. I will ask the secretariat to draw up a list of the people involved and questions. It can be circulated during the course of the week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We need to see the documentation and the minutes of meetings for the discussions in the Department of Education and Skills. I know that it looked at the site two years earlier and did not proceed with it, but it was on the radar. There have been a lot of emails and discussions. We need to know what happened between the two Departments, namely, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: If we have skipped any aspect, I ask members to contact the secretariat. It is important, when we hold the special meeting, that we have all of the information in advance and that we do not lack important documentation, only to read it next January when another journalist publishes it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will take matter that into consideration. It might be a separate meeting from the one with the Accounting Officers. If we require a number of Accounting Officers on the day, they must all be present. We cannot have a liaison officer in place because that would mean we would continue to have a lack of transparency. The next item is correspondence. There are three categories, the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is why we have held it over.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: One or two big reports are attached. We asked 40 questions. Fair play to it - it answered each of them in chronological order. The Deputy has only touched on what is contained in the report. We need to come back to it separately.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We might have a further discussion in private session to see if the Oireachtas can assist us on the need for further research. The secretariat is overrun.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is phenomenal stuff. We have received documentation on public private partnerships for national transport services which runs to 600 pages and contains details of ten project reviews.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: In fairness, we are fairly thorough. If we are not happy, we do not let much go once we receive the information in writing. However, because of its sheer volume, it has us snowed under. The point has been well made. We need to discuss it one of the days in private session. The next item is No. 1538, correspondence received from Mr. Ray Mitchell, providing further information. No....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy can summarise the point without-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The individual involved loves the Deputy.