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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: That is all I am asking.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: We saw one during the week. We will move on. The internal audit function will be operated by the Taoiseach's office. Will that be by staff in the Taoiseach's office or is it outsourced?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: Is it correct that the Comptroller and Auditor General gave a clean audit report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: To be clear, the reason the date on Mr. Fraser's statement was 14 September rather than 31 March, which would have been the date it should have been submitted, is that it relates to the text regarding the audit committee. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: That would mean that the accounts submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General on 31 March did not change during the audit process.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: The change in date refers to just the change in the text about the internal audit committee. It is not regarding the amount of moneys spent. We have confirmed today that the total cost of running Áras an Uachtaráin in 2016 was €8.163 million, of which direct expenditure was €3.5 million. The balance was from other Departments, namely, the Minister for Finance, the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: I am only putting this out there for public information. On the surplus which was mentioned to be surrendered, it happens that most of it had not been paid into the President's Establishment. On Note 2.5, net Exchequer funding due, the accounts state the surplus to be surrendered was €287,000 but, in fact, €291,000 had not been drawn down.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: That is the way it was done. It was not drawn down. I just want to put these figures on the record. To ensure everyone is clear about it, the centenarians' bounty is over €1 million in the account, which is a big enough item. The sum for those who reach the great age of 100 is €2,540. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: Thankfully, the number is increasing each year. What is it now?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: The numbers are increasing.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: That is great. I was unaware that there is the centenarian medal for everybody who reaches their 101st birthday and subsequent birthdays thereafter.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: It is a medal or a token. We have been dealing specifically with Mr. Fraser's role as Accounting Officer and have not been dealing with the President. Mr. Fraser, like all Accounting Officers, would have been issued with a circular on appropriation accounts from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which deals with net allied services. There is a little confusion. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: They are actual figures.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: This circular puts an onus both on the OPW, which is providing the service, to be accurate in the figure, but it also puts an onus on Mr. Fraser to be sure the figure is accurate too. Does Mr. Fraser do any check or does he take it in good faith from the OPW?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: Right, but Mr. Fraser as Accounting Officer is not involved. He presumes that the people involved in the finance function for the Áras-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: I checked that myself and they tally. I looked at the Áras an Uachtaráin website last night. It provides useful information about the items we are discussing. There was a discussion about the shared services provided by the Office of Public Works. It lists on its website the costs for last year of €2.5 million. It is on the website and I am sure that Mr. McCarthy will...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: I am just reading from the Áras an Uachtaráin website.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: The question I had in mind is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: I do not really want to because that is getting personal to current or former Presidents.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (25 Sep 2018) Seán Fleming: It is in the Central Fund. It is published.