Results 14,801-14,820 of 34,627 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat, for next week's meeting, to propose ways to deal with the matter in our work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Has the Comptroller and Auditor General done further work on this matter?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will that include the Thorn report and the HEA's conclusions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The HEA has said nothing further is required.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I just repeated what the HEA said in its letter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: What is the timescale for the Comptroller and Auditor General?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is it a couple of months away?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Some High Court cases are pending. Does that impede the Comptroller and Auditor General in doing his work or does he just have to be careful?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have had a Deloitte report, Thorn No. 1 report, Thorn No. 2 report and the HEA's conclusions. The Comptroller and Auditor General has deemed that it is necessary for him to compile a further report. Therefore, we will not accept any recommendations from anybody on the matter until we see his conclusions and his report comes back before the committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Around that time we will meet the lady who wrote - the whistleblower. We will decide closer to the time. I am cautious about having a meeting in public but we may choose to do so. We will meet her but the format has yet to be agreed. Does Deputy MacSharry wish to comment on this topic?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have not reached there yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Can we agree on this matter? To an extent the ball is in the court of the Comptroller and Auditor General while he completes his report. There is no point in us trying to pre-empt his report by us doing anything in the meantime. I think that is the sensible thing to do and the matter will be placed on our work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I think that we will just wait for the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Do members want the committee to write to the HEA in the meantime?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will we wait until the Comptroller and Auditor General produces his findings?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I propose we write back to Dr. Graham Love, who is the chief executive of the HEA, and enclose two things: first, a transcript of the discussion that takes place today, and second, draw his attention to the fact that the committee awaits a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General and, therefore, we cannot accept or reject his letter but will note that we received it and we will reach...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: I think we will write to her promptly and acknowledge that the committee has agreed to meet her, in principle. The format and timing will be discussed with her but we will agree, in principle, to do that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have decided what to do with No. 1068 after a discussion. The next item, No. 1083, is correspondence from an individual dated 9 February 2018. It requests the committee to investigate the correctness of the opinions stated by the local authority in a Kerry County Council planning zoning document, which is attached. I printed it for myself, and as the document is 200 pages in length, I...