Results 11,121-11,140 of 34,618 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: They did not comply with the guidelines.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is there a figure in their accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is in their accounts, all of which are in the Oireachtas Library-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Members can check the figures for the ETBs in which they are interested. They are published and are available through the Oireachtas too. The next item is the 2017 accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, which have been given a qualified audit opinion. The financial statements give a true and fair picture except that the cost of superannuation entitlements is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Again, control weaknesses were identified. The finance committee met just once during the year and there was no review by the board of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control. The 2016 account for Dundalk Institute of Technology received a qualified audit opinion. The financial statements give a true and fair view except that the group income for 2015-2016 has been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to all of those separately. The Commission for Aviation Regulation's 2017 accounts received a clear audit opinion. Donegal Education and Training Board received a clear audit opinion for 2017. However, attention is drawn to a payment of €853,000 made to the Revenue Commissioners in 2017 in respect of the misclassification of a number of employees for PRSI...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write to Donegal ETB and ask for a full breakdown. Was the €853,000 a settlement?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Was it self disclosure or was it published? I do not remember seeing it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for a full explanation of how that arose, how the figure of €853,000 was settled with the Revenue Commissioners and the lessons learned. An Bord Pleanála received a clear audit opinion on its 2017 accounts. Finally, the 2017 appropriation accounts, published with the report on the accounts of the public services last Friday, covering 42 different Votes, all got...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, we will try to have the HEA in on the afternoon of 18 October. That is arising from the press statement by the HEA's chief executive, Dr. Graham Love, that he is stepping down. We agreed in private session that we would invite Dr. Love to attend to assist the committee in its work in the education area. We also agreed to invite Mr. Michael Horgan, the chairman of the HEA and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, we have to check that out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat to confirm that by tomorrow.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to check into that and to email all members once confirmation has been received.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Let us see how the secretariat gets on. It will keep all members informed by email. As already stated, we are going to arrange a private meeting as soon as possible with a person who made a protected disclosure. We also had a discussion in private session earlier on Dr. Gabriel Scally's report. The Joint Committee on Health is meeting Dr. Scally and the HSE on 10 October. The clerk to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will set a date for that after the meeting next week. We will see how we get on. In terms of general ideas for the work programme, we have agreed meetings for 11 October and 18 October. On 25 October, we will be dealing with matters relating to housing. We will be meeting representatives from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government solely in connection with housing. As...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: I expect it will be an extensive meeting. We need to have the Department, the Secretary General and key people in the housing section in. We also need to have someone from the housing and sustainable communities section of the Housing Agency.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. Am I correct in saying the Irish Council for Social Housing is the umbrella body for approved housing bodies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: Does Mr. McCarthy audit them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)
Seán Fleming: So it is responsible for the private housing organisations. We all know who the approved housing bodies are. Essentially, most Government funding is being channelled through them for house construction and long-term leasing, as opposed to the local authorities. We will have a major gap if they or their representatives are not in the room. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social...