Results 15,161-15,180 of 34,632 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will deal with the chapter on overall funding on 8 March. We will alert the Department to send a detailed briefing note to us on this topic well in advance of that so that we can be well armed with information when the issue is raised. The next correspondence is No. 1046 from an individual dated 9 January 2018 regarding an alleged co-ordinated sabotage of a research programme focused...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy wants to read it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will make a note of it and hold it over. That is always in order. I prefer people to be comfortable instead of approving something that they have not had an opportunity to discuss. Next is No. 1052, correspondence received from the Cork branch of the Teachers Union of Ireland, dated 22 January 2018, inquiring into the roles and responsibilities of the vice-president for finance and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: There must be something behind it. It is a simple letter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The committee will get the information note and perhaps we will forward it to the person. We will consider it when we get the information note from the HEA. That will be our first step. No. 1054, dated 30 January from Deputy David Cullinane on the statutory responsibility of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and CIÉ with regard to the defined benefit pensions scheme. I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Pensions comes under the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection as that Minister is responsible for all the pensions. I say this as an observation. I am aware that private pension schemes would not normally be under this committee's remit but if the Deputy feels it is helpful, given that some parliamentary questions have already been asked on the matter, are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Some have been dealt with.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: That is the Minister.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is there a pensions ombudsman?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: When we get that list we might include the regulator in that line of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: There is a statutory instrument behind it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Would the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which covers trustees, pensions and reviews of pensions have a role? We might end up sending the questions to the two Departments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport is the obvious forum to bring in CIÉ to deal with this matter, to an extent. It is on the agenda of this committee, however, and we will see what information we get on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Deputy Cullinane will try to find the answers to the specific questions and whether some have already been addressed, rather than the committee sending on the document and asking for a response. That would be too broad.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Absolutely. The next item on the agenda is reports and financial statements received since the last meeting. We have three reports before us today, the first of which is the accounts of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board for 2016. This is a small operation with a clear audited opinion. The other report is the 2015-2016 accounts for Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, which have a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes, it is subject to Government procurement rules.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: Maybe the Comptroller and Auditor General would like to comment on this. He can see why I mention this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is extraordinary that this issue concerns the single biggest item in the RTB accounts.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Feb 2018)
Seán Fleming: The nature of?