Results 13,141-13,160 of 34,632 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Can we agree to write immediately to the chief executive of the HSE asking for a detailed explanation before our meeting next week? Is that agreed? Agreed. In category C, No. 1297B is correspondence dated 9 May from Professor Patrick O'Shea of UCC regarding Cork Opera House. It was discussed a few minutes ago. We will note and publish it. No. 1310C, from Ms Maria Browne, Chief State...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy has made a proposal. There is no seconder but we will discuss it. What we have agreed in the meantime is the issue the Deputy raised on the lack of independence and the potential conflict of interest in organisations where protected disclosures or alleged protected disclosures are being made where the people involved in the process cannot be considered independent. In relation...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: It will be when we have a reply in a fortnight or as soon as we get it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: The proposal that we call for a public investigation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: The legislation does not say that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: If we require extra information during the course of a public session, we write and get it and then we consider it. During my time, we have never taken a proposal for a recommendation from the committee to be taken without it being teased out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: We do recommendations in a report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: There are not enough members here to make a decision on behalf of the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is only moving correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Can I be straight? I see value in a big organisation. I see value that if somebody has a complaint about somebody in an organisation and makes a protected disclosure and that organisation is big enough, it can include people independent of the people concerned who can investigate internally. Every single complaint made by each public servant should not be sent to an outside firm.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Well, somebody independent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: Someone independent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: That point was well made here today.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. There is scope for internal investigations and examinations of protected disclosures internally within organisations. It is not a requirement that every complaint should be outsourced.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: We accept and they accept the point and we will make a recommendation on it. We normally do it through a structure, having considered all the evidence. I am in favour of the Deputy's recommendation but it will probably work its way into our next report. It will not be today.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: I am not disagreeing. We are just parking it. That is all we are doing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: It will be possible to email that in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy has said it on the transcript. We will get the proposal from the transcript.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 May 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy's proposal is in the transcript and that will be before us next week.