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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The big issue is that funding for water services has gone from local authorities to Irish Water. We need to know what has gone in, what has gone out and what is left.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is quite spread out. We will get the combined answer as the Comptroller and Auditor General has a topic on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. There is clearly a day of work in this local government matter, a morning and an afternoon, not that we will separate them. We will have to plan our work schedule for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Grand. It is a big issue. Does Deputy Connolly wish to contribute on it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Separately, we will have to draft a schedule in terms of how we propose to approach the day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Murphy also made that point. I will be a bit broad, since we deal with central government funding. A part of the formula that determines how much goes to local government from central government probably includes a calculation of what the latter estimates has been raised locally via rates bills. That formula has to-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Maybe it does not. I do not know. We will have to ask the secretariat to devise a schedule for how to approach the day. There is more than one day's work in this, but we will start with one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Rates.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We need to plan this thoroughly-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----and close off all these-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: More importantly, everyone must be in attendance for the full session even if it lasts for the full day, as was the case when we discussed education. Members cannot just arrive for their part and then be out the door. Everyone must remain available.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will have a draft next week. Does anyone have any suggestions for what could go into the draft? We have not done anything yet but we need to plan these meetings to get value for money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a mechanism to be worked out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is, as it is to the public, and we are a vehicle for the public.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: If members have observations, they should get them into the secretariat so that we can work them into the draft. The clerk will write to members asking them for their views. This is an area of very wide interest.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Even if there are different segments, all members must be here for all of them and not just for what pertains to their own little pigeonhole. When we dealt with the education sector, we had the Department, the education and training boards, ETBs, and the HEA in the room at the one time. The next item is the overview of public private partnerships, which will be after St. Patrick's Day, on...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We had the Department in on that issue before Christmas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have a draft report which we are going to discuss and that is in it.