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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I am sorry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Could the Deputy say that again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: As I understand it from the past, the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland has a clear view that it does not have a remit in relation to political advertising. This is Government, taxpayer-funded advertising, not political. What is it saying?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, they have.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I understand where people are coming from but as Chairman I am pointing out that the Comptroller and Auditor General has an independent constitution and I will not bring him into this debate at this time. I do not want him involved in this question which is semi-political. I will not ask him to participate. When we come to the meeting and we have Accounting Officers before us, he will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: No, well-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I am happy for people to disagree with me but I am saying that we should start with the Accounting Officers who are under the remit of this committee. That is my suggestion but I want to hear what members have to say on that. The points have been well covered about the value for money, savings, the business case and recruitment, which is 100% under the remit of this committee to ask the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I have every confidence in him doing a thorough job.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: If members are happy, we can write to the Taoiseach arising from this and put him on notice that we may decide to ask him in. We will keep our options open and not rule it out or tie ourselves down. Having engaged in our earlier meetings, we may do so. Can we get a general agreement that we will proceed with the Accounting Officers and the head of the unit? The secretariat and I will clear...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will help the Deputy on that. The Committee of Public Accounts currently has before it the Department of the Taoiseach's 2016 accounts. The 2017 accounts have not yet been audited and will not come before the committee until September. The 2018 accounts are also not before us yet. Our correspondence will be in the context of the 2016 accounts and an update on developments in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is no current report on those accounts before us. We will base it on the most recent set of accounts and an update of information will be requested.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will it cover which?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will specifically say that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely. If they have already circulated information to specific journalists, we will ask for it. We are agreed on where we are going now. Will people want to set a date for as soon as is practicable after the break?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat. In a few days the secretariat will issue and update to the committee members about precisely where we are at. If members are busy on Thursdays, we can come in to the House on a Tuesday or a Wednesday evening to do this. I believe there would be general agreement to do that. We will start that with the Accounting Officers. The secretariat will update us after a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are writing directly to them, straight away, for a full breakdown, a full analysis and a reason it occurred.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: No. 4.3 is the clear audit opinion of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. The board procured €890,100 of services during the year without the required competitive tendering. We will write directly to the board to request an explanation as to why this happened. It is a significant portion of its income.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat to circulate that. If the board has already answered in that regard, we circulate it to members. No. 4.4 is a clear audit opinion for the fishery harbour centres. The clear audit opinion for the Church of Ireland College of Education is for the nine-month period ending September 2016. The report states that the review by the Board of Governors of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay. That is reasonable. The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board has a clear audit opinion. It is a very small organisation. No. 4.7 is the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission and this is a clear audit opinion. The committee is getting these audited accounts 15 months later. They took their time in getting these accounts to the Comptroller and Auditor General. It is a clear...