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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.

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...