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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next item concerns the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board, Caranua, in respect of which there is a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to ongoing weaknesses in the board's control over grant payments. I will ask the secretariat to circulate the financial statements to the committee because this issue has come up previously.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Has the Comptroller and Auditor General received the 2017 financial statements?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: They are a little behind. We will circulate them to members because somebody might want to take a closer look at them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: A total of €3 million or €4 million still has to be paid.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is, because it is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and is under the remit of this committee. That is why the account is here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General can give us an estimated date next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We might schedule a meeting once we have seen the 17 accounts. It is definitely within the remit of this committee, as is everything I am mentioning this morning. The next item is from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. It has a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to expenditure on goods and services that were not procured by way of a competitive process, and weaknesses in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is a very substantial sum. It seeks to ensure a fair market for everyone in the country rather than allowing companies to cherry-pick customers. The principle is good. The next item concerns the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. It has a clear audit opinion, although costs of superannuation entitlements are accounted for as they become payable rather than in the year the entitlements...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is a typo.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The score is one apiece. The next item concerns the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. It has a clear audit opinion. The next item concerns the Louth-Meath Education and Training Board. Here we go again with this organisation. It has a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to non-compliance with national procurement guidelines and delays in finalising the financial statements...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will speak about it at our next meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General might make a comment on the next occasion as to how complete those accounts are and any other outstanding accounts. The next item concerns another body which always has trouble with getting its accounts in on time. It is the National College of Art and Design. It has a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to procurement issues, a number of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is getting there. The next item concerns the Educational Research Centre. It has a clear audit opinion. The deferred pension assets issue is noted again. It is also noted that the board did not carry out a review of the effectiveness of systems of internal control, which will be noted in the set of financial statements. The next item concerns the Higher Education Authority, which is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The college stuck to its guns and the Comptroller and Auditor General is highlighting the fact that he has a different opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, we will write asking it to restate its views so that we can consider it formally here. It also did not comply with procurement guidelines, so we will ask it to put the reasons for that on record. The next item concerns the Longford-Westmeath Education and Training Board. There was material non-compliance with national procurement rules, but it has a clear audit opinion. The next...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: The statements are from last year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We might cover this issue globally rather than individually, because the same point arises. It seems that there was a centralised system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is based in Cavan-Monaghan and if one had a problem, then they all had a problem.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay, the next item is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: They are all material. Tipperary is material as well.