Results 11,401-11,420 of 34,618 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: Did that relate to special reports, in particular?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is a serious matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: The office has good legal authority to audit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write back to the individual who wrote to us, giving that individual a copy of the transcript of the discussion that took place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. 1522 is from an individual on the insurance costs for local authorities. I raised this matter earlier as part of the previous discussion on the letter from the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the value for money report carried out on the insurance costs of local authorities and the operation of the IPB. A report was published but it has not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a previous report. At this stage, if the individual wants to take up a policy issue on the matter, we refer him to the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport for whatever action it deems appropriate. No. 1533 is a matter from an individual dated 20 August 2018 on a query from the committee on foot of our correspondence regarding the timely presentation of accounts. This...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: The National Treatment Purchase Fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will write directly to the HSE for a detailed response to the issue with regard to that West Kerry Community Hospital. The issue of the private patient is part of that but we want a comprehensive response on the issues raised in the letter. No. 1589 is from an individual regarding the Waterford Youth Training and Education Centre, WYTEC, in Waterford city. This is an employment issue....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: It came from the Chartered Accounts Voluntary Advice centre. It is a group of chartered accounts, which provides free advice and took it up with us, but the personal information should not have been sent to us, which is why we are not circulating it. No. 1521 is from Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice, dated 14 August, forwarding correspondence requesting the committee to make an inquiry with the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: It boils down to this. The charity provides a normal volume of incontinence wear. If somebody has a particular problem, it says the allocation is two per day and a person might require six, which it says is above and beyond the normal requirement, which means it is additional medical care and the person is being billed for it. It appears that has happened in this case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, it is part of the ancillary charges issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the HSE about this issue in respect of that particular institution. I will review the letter with the secretariat to see if it can be shown to members because I would like them to see the case that is being made by the individual. I will ensure any personal information is redacted. If it is not possible to do that, we will seek a fresh summary from Deputy Fitzmaurice.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: When will it be available?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: It will be the new year before we see it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have dealt with an extensive volume of correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will communicate with the HSE specifically on that matter. We received a large volume of correspondence from Mr. Ray Mitchell of the HSE, which we agreed to defer to a another meeting but I will seek clarification on the issue raised by the Deputy. We have spent three hours at this stage dealing with correspondence received over the summer, some of which we have held over. Next week,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are working on that. I have asked the secretariat-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: If a separate meeting is required with Dr. Love, we will hold a separate meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)
Seán Fleming: Next Thursday. We are not discussing the work programme today because work for the next two weeks is set out. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report will issue soon and there may be something in that that members would like to discuss in the context of the work programme. As we have dealt with a lot of the correspondence today, we will have more time next week to discuss the work...