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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: We will take that up.
- 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 will raise that as part of our future work programme.
- 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, but we just agreed at the beginning that whatever information is not provided today, we will come back to it at a later date.
- 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 is about the legislation.
- 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 next speaker is Deputy Alan Kelly. Is the Deputy okay for time?
- 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: What is the topic? I missed the title of what was mentioned.
- 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: 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: There is one speaker left in the first round, while one or two have indicated for the second round. At this stage, most members have had an opportunity. I want to go through the document with Mr. Fraser and ask some questions directly about it. Is there a risk register established in Áras and Uachtaráin, as in most Government bodies, as part of the audit committee? In Mr....
- 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: Does Mr. Fraser have access to a risk register?
- 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.