Results 14,601-14,620 of 34,627 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. To remove any mystery about it, the gentleman who has compiled this report has put his name to it. The former member of the Garda Síochána is John O'Brien, and he has some knowledge of this particular area. We will ask for a detailed report from the Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality to address the issues. Perhaps, as Deputy Kelly has said,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: He has them well listed in the document.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is a good basis to seek information. No. 1106C is correspondence from Deputy Shane Cassells regarding our proposed engagement on the funding of local authorities, which is the main item for today. No. 1108C is correspondence from IBEC.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will note and publish that and No. 1108C. We want to discuss this IBEC letter regarding commercial rates and the funding of local authorities. Correspondence from IBEC is publishable so we will publish the letter. I do not think it wrote to us to keep a secret. We will deal with the issue of funding local authorities during the course of meeting. No. 1109C is correspondence, dated...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: This comes from an acting Secretary General. We are publishing this. The issue of wards of court is a public matter. The one point I would make is that there seems to be a big mystery. These are administered by the judges, and rightly so. We are not trespassing there. They seem to have their own committee overseeing the investment. Perhaps when we come to do our work, such funds might...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: It does because there is less money for them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will publish that correspondence. We do not need to take any action now but I assure members that the issue of wards of court will come before us again. We might consider asking for the relevant policy matter to be looked at in the context of the management of funds under the supervision of trusteeship or whatever of the judges without interfering with them. The funds might be better...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is not a duplication of their work.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: The letter is gone. I cleared the matter some time ago. There is one last item of correspondence. I wish to explain to the people who are watching that we have a double batch of correspondence to deal with this week due to not having a meeting last week. Nos. 1136, 1137, 1142 and 1143 from Deputies Catherine Murphy, Cullinane, Aylward and MacSharry, respectively, request the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Cullinane.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is unusual to have four separate items of correspondence from four members of the committee on the one particular issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. I call Deputy Cullinane.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Which we will not go into.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is a unit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I urge the Deputy to focus on this committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Kelly has indicated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I take the point made by the Deputy. Others members have indicated their wish to speak and I first call Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I call Deputy David Cullinane.