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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Was that the total number of passports issued yesterday?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Yes, that is exactly the information I want to receive. Is that figure near the high end? Will Ms Penollar send us a figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: We want people to know the scale of the work done by the Passport Office. I am sure the peak number is even higher.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: I suspected that could be the case.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: I am sure there are days on which a very small number of passports is issued. The Passport Office should give us the highest figures in order that people will be able to see how busy an operation it is and the number of passports issued as a proportion of the population. We do not have time to address it now as we must go to the Chamber, but can we receive a note on the effect of Brexit?...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: As I said this morning on Newstalk. I think Brexit has been overstated as a reason. It was said there had been a 25% increase in the number of passports issued owing to Brexit, but that might be going from a very small to a slightly bigger figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: We want figures to show the impact of Brexit. One other point is that the Passport Office could publish information on its website on the six-month rule which is catching a lot of people. Currently, the reference on the website is to "some countries", which does not help. A list must be provided. Some people think it can include EU countries. The Passport Office knows that that is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: The Passport Office must make the note a little clearer and more explicit because some people panic unnecessarily when they see the reference to "some countries". It is difficult to find out which countries are included. I have had to ring embassies in certain countries to find out if they are among the countries affected and it can be difficult to get through on the telephone. I am sure...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: How does the travelling public know if the Passport Office does not know?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Can we say for definite that the six-month rule does not include EU countries?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: I received telephone calls from people who were travelling to Greece who thought they might be affected. I suspected that was not the case, but I could not be definitive. However, that was not enough for those who had sought the information and they wanted proof. On Vote 27 and the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, overseas development assistance, ODA, was approximately...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Is there a special account for it or is the report a combination of information from different sources? Is the account audited?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Is the answer provided in the breakdown included in the report?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: Will Mr. de Búrca send it to us as we are caught for time? It was said we had paid the United Nations on time, but are we owed any money by it? That was an issue in the case of various peacekeeping missions in the past.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: We will write to the Department of Defence about it. I read an article at the weekend in which it was stated we were making a big bid to gain a seat on the UN Security Council and that U2 had invited every ambassador in the world to its concerts. If it secures us a vote, I am all in favour of it. Are we paying for the tickets or is it U2?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Jun 2018) Seán Fleming: There is no cost to the Exchequer. The reason I ask is people saw the article and were musing on it. I thank all of the witnesses from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as well as from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform who got off lightly today. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)
Seán Fleming: This morning we dealt with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Are the minutes of the meeting of 14 June agreed? Agreed. Is it agreed that there is nothing arising that will not be on the agenda? Agreed. There are three categories of correspondence. Category A relates to briefing documents and opening statements. Correspondence item 1392A is a briefing document from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will get home to watch my RTÉ 2+1 channel if I get out of here. That item is held over until the next meeting. The next item, correspondence item 1387B from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills, dated 12 June 2018, is held over to the next meeting. Correspondence item 1388B received from the Department of Housing, Planning...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is on the screen now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)
Seán Fleming: Which paragraph is the Deputy on?