Results 14,021-14,040 of 34,627 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, is present as a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined today by Ms Olivia Somers, senior auditor. Apologies have been received from Deputy Kelly. Are the minutes of the meeting of 29 March agreed? Agreed. No matters arise from them that will not also arise by way of correspondence or in the course of the meeting. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I ask Deputy Murphy to clarify that point. Sometimes there were bonds in place and the bonds-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: To make them safe, etc.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will note that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, there is a lot in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Members have raised a fundamental issue. There have been a couple of examples of Departments sending us information a month after the meeting which should perhaps have been included in the briefing material made available prior to the meeting. It was well flagged that we wanted to know the funding model for local authorities and local property tax, LPT, equalisation. That information...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: No path to the front door was one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask Mr. McCarthy to come in. We want details. Every time we ask for information, we want it by local authority from the Department and not just a global figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: In the meantime, we will write back seeking the additional information requested. If anybody has any requests, please pass them on to the secretariat before the letter is sent. When we get information back in a week or two, we will come back to the document. We will hold over a discussion on it and we will come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I want an explanation for the categorisation of unfinished estates such as an estate that is half complete and not occupied versus an estate that is partly occupied and partly fenced off.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, and they might be finished now and liable for LPT.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Exactly. We want the details as well of the taking-in-charge of local estates. Funding for that is mentioned and we want the figure for the allocation by each local authority in 2016, 2017 and 2018. The fund has ceased but let us get the figures clarified. There is some other information. Members can read the work programme and list two or three topics they want included in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Which KPMG report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have written and we can-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: For the benefit of members and viewers, when we have a meeting various remarks and requests are made.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is normal procedure for the secretariat to go through the transcript and specifically list-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, such that we will get-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: That has been done and we will circulate a copy.