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- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Finally, to conclude this particular session, there are a couple of questions I want to put to Mr. Beausang. He just touched on one of them. When the IMF was in town it was here, in partnership with the EU, as the troika. Did they heavily consult the European Union and EUROSTAT about the recommendations?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: On the IMF's report, in fairness to people here, I have to put it in context with reference to the first paragraph of the chapter. It reads: "A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Ireland in March 2013, at the request of the Secretaries General of the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, to evaluate". The witnesses invited them to give us some help....
- 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 have quick questions on the document before us. It is good that we have it. I am looking at page 71, but the question is not specific to it. The witnesses mentioned the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, and that in the recent accounts the contingent liabilities for it were taken off the balance sheet. Is the expected surplus of €3 billion included in the State's balance...
- 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 witnesses can see from where the Committee of Public Accounts is coming. We know that €3 million is sitting there-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Approximately €3 billion. It is not in the State system until such time as it comes in.
- 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 is nearly there.
- 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 witnesses have confidently said the figure will be approximately €3 million. We are taking it, therefore, that there will be approximately €3 million.
- 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 should say approximately €3 billion. We were back to small figures for a few moments.
- 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 valuation of the State's investment in the banks is not included-----
- 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 witnesses can see the rationale for somebody saying everything should be consolidated. They are very big figures that are not included. On specific items, is the contingent liability not recorded in the HSE accounts of approximately €2 billion for medical negligence included?
- 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 witnesses to come back to clarify the matter. The last point is directly related and concerns the section on financial reporting, 10a, on page 83. It has come up before. I will ask the witnesses from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or the Department of Finance or somebody else to give me the definitive document. A couple of paragraphs from the bottom of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: In dealing with the main business we will resume with the Department of Finance. We will start with the opening statement from the Comptroller and Auditor General which will be followed by Mr. Moran's opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Moran for his opening statement. Members have indicated and will speak in the following sequence: Deputies Catherine Murphy, David Cullinane and Marc MacSharry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: That is 2018.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Motor tax came in. That is fine. Where did the LPT go?
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Does it come under appropriations-in-aid? We know motor tax goes into the Central Fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Where will the LPT be going from this year onwards?
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Are there many major sources of Government money that are not going to the Central Fund? Why is that taken out? Why can it not go into the Central Fund so we can see where it is and then disburse it? Why is it taken out of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: Local government-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018) Seán Fleming: The Department of-----