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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The secretariat will. That is guaranteed. Just for the record, that was just today's bundle of correspondence. The next item is statements of accounts received since the last meeting. It is very straightforward. The NTPF has a clear audit opinion. There is a reference to the pension costs. On the Legal Aid Board, there is a replacement of an incorrect version we referred to last...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The whole lot.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next item is the work programme, which has been circulated. There is no significant update since the previous meeting. RTÉ has confirmed its representatives are attending and members can see the full details of what is planned. Attendance has yet to be confirmed in relation to a few of the later items. There is nothing new on that. Next week, we are engaging with the Department...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: CIT is at the back where we have the outstanding matters. We have ETBs, the Cork spin-out companies and a full group of education issues on the back page. There are one or two gaps and we have to decide how we will combine all the education issues over a couple of meetings.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have one meeting scheduled for third level education on 14 June. Some of those will come in on that date.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: As a committee, we will try to agree how to handle those colleges.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: That has been requested.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Cullinane, who is not here, had asked to deal with something in private session. As he is not here, we can deal with it later if the opportunity arises. Alternatively, we can hold it over to the next day. There being no other business, we will suspend for a moment to allow the witnesses to take their seats.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: We resume in public session. There will be two sessions today, the first of which is to examine and discuss with officials from the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Chapter 5 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2016 report on fiscal transparency. In our second session we will examine matters relating specifically to the Department of Finance with...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Is the Deputy referring to chapter 5 on fiscal transparency?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Is that question directed at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or the Department of Finance?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: I ask the Deputy to hold that question. Does he have specific questions for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the opening statement of the Comptroller and Auditor General? We will come back to the witnesses from Department of Finance after the witnesses from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have left to get answers to those questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: The Deputy has used about half of his opening time.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Before Mr. Beausang leaves, I will put a number of questions to him and then we will take the opening statement. Does anyone else wish to come in on this chapter?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Connolly, and the rest of the speakers can come in when we finish this topic.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Two years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: It was consolidation of the finance statement and the appropriation accounts, paragraph 5.21 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: The officials were saying that requires legislation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: The last speaker on this topic is Deputy Cullinane, after which we will move on the main business.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: There is mobile phone interfering with the recording. I ask members and witnesses to ensure their phones are switched to flight mode.