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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: 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?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's point is clear. Why is there a commitment not to discuss a certain issue if there was not a feeling it had been discussed? That is the point he is making. In any event that is now published by Nursing Homes Ireland here as a result of last week's meeting. The point the Deputy makes speaks for itself. We note that and the Deputy's comments are also recorded.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Okay. Correspondence item 1390B is from Mr. Ray Mitchell of the HSE dated 15 June 2018. This is a briefing note requested by the committee regarding the organisational structure of the national screening service. We note and publish that. Correspondence item 1391B from Mr. Ray Mitchell of the HSE dated 15 June 2018 providing information requested by the committee on-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: Let me read out what it is about and then we can discuss it. It relates to a note on the lab screening data; copies of emails or other correspondence from the national director of acute hospitals in which he forwarded correspondence received on 13 July 2017 from the CEO of the University of Limerick group; and a note on the contract with the laboratories and whether there is any provision...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: We have not yet received those data.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: The HSE stated that it hopes to have those data by the end of next week. Deputy Cullinane is correct that we have not yet received it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jun 2018)

Seán Fleming: It is referenced in the response to question 2.