Results 14,061-14,080 of 34,627 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay, fine. We will not reopen that matter now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Members will have to bear with me now because I need to read one page from a letter that came in to us because it is central to the issue at hand. We have discussed this PPP contract manager situation at length and I must put this on the public record in the interests of fairness. I am now going to read from a letter that was sent to this committee on 10 June 2014 and resent to us last...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Very briefly, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is no suggestion-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay. Fine. I am proposing two things. As Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, of course I am not responding to that. I am making it very clear that as Chairman of this committee and as an elected Deputy, I meet Secretaries General who happen to be Accounting Officers as part of the normal course of my business. I am not being restricted from doing my normal work. I will not be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is zero prospect of that. As Chairman, I have to point out that the Accounting Officer is obliged to come here. He is normally accompanied by several members of staff to assist him. None of those staff is obliged to come here. The only person who is obliged to come here is the Accounting Officer. I have seen some of the more junior staff members who have presented here, having been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The directors are-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: There are five or six ladies among the 18 directors who are listed. I am not sure of one of the names.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The important point I am making is that the Technological Higher Education Association of Ireland receives €1.1 million in direct funding from the institutes of technology to fund the organisation. It helps with corporate governance. It is a private company listed as a charity. We have received its accounts from the Companies Registration Office. I want to move on to my next point....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Are they?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Irish Universities Association receives €2.7 million directly from the universities to fund itself. It has a corporate governance role. It was not mentioned to us at all. We have spoken about this issue at length. This organisation mirrors the organisation for the education and training boards, Education and Training Boards Ireland, which receives €1.6 million. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a lot in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will move on. Deputy Aylward had indicated earlier.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will circulate them. They are private companies and they are all privately audited.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. It is a bit like section 38 and 39 bodies to which the HSE provides funding. We have got a copy of all of their financial statements from the Companies Registration Office. The companies are limited by guarantee, have private auditors and are listed as charities. We have them. It is a point. It is all public money but at one step's remove. They cannot make any case that it is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: They all meet that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will move on. We will note and publish the large document but we will hold it over for further discussion as part of dealing with the third-level sector. Next is No. 1123, a document in which Mr. Michael Nolan of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, provides follow-up information on PPPs, cost variations and value for money. We will note that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will do that.