Results 15,021-15,040 of 34,663 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The next item of correspondence is No. 1078C which was received from an individual and relates to an alleged disregard for public sector recruitment procedures in filling the position of chief financial officer at the Tyndall National Institute which is a partnership between UCC, Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Members should note that,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: On which item of correspondence?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We agreed to write to the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is a partnership between UCC, Science Foundation Ireland and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is the principal party.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will ask for a formal response from UCC.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: In the first instance, we will ask it, but we will forward a copy to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. That is the Department involved, is it not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay. We will write to UCC and forward a copy to the Department of Education and Skills. We will come back to the issue. The next item on the agenda is our work programme. There is a revised work programme on screen. It was updated sometime yesterday evening. There were earlier drafts during the course of the week. After the public session we will go into private session to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes. There is a specific chapter-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: No; we will also be dealing with the Vote for the Department, but we will deal specifically with that chapter in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. On 8 March, we will deal with central government funding of local authorities. We will have the Appropriation Account for 2016. The local government fund will be included as it is a substantial source of funds for local...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Who is responsible for the collection of motor tax since the realignment of Government Departments? What would that come under?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will itnot go into the local government fund anymore?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Who can give us a briefing note about the changes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We have often come to meetings here to discuss an issue and found that we forgot to invite a significant funder. I want them all to be in the room as all of those organisations feed into local government.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will the Deputy be specific? I want the secretariat to get a note of exactly what she is asking.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Of what has gone in and what has gone out.
- 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?