Results 15,441-15,460 of 34,632 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: We are whittling them down but we are still going to watch the matter carefully. The next one is City of Dublin ETB. It received a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to a material level of non-compliance with national procurement rules, and the late review of the effectiveness of internal controls. Galway and Roscommon ETB received a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Does that happen?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: When we see, for example, the figure of €894,000, that is not just an audit sample. It would be hoped it is the full picture.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Which figure does the Comptroller and Auditor General include here, his sample or what the ETB identifies?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: In other words, in this case-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: It could be multiples of this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: I ask Mr. McCarthy to do the committee a favour. Will he write a note to us on this issue and how it works from his point of view? We regularly hear about this "non-compliance with national procurement rules", and it is emerging that, while the figures often seem massive, they might not even be the complete figures.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Will Mr. McCarthy write us an information note on the system? Sometimes it is complete, but then internal audit should be doing a report each year-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: -----for him to review as part of his audit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: The HSE is so big, that is all that the office can do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: I do not mean to be flippant but sometimes when we see the HSE's report, the figures in there are hit and miss depending on the system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: It is on our work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: We will come to that on the work programme. Deputy Connolly reminded me that I skipped over the Kerry ETB financial statement, which has a clear audit opinion. Again, it has a material level €1.1 million of non-compliance with national procurement rules in respect of goods and services. The next item is the Institute of Technology, Tralee. It has a clear audit opinion. Attention...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: The college is catching up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Next is the National University of Ireland and the note states a clear audit opinion. What is meant by the National University of Ireland in this case? We know about the National University of Ireland, Galway, NUIG, and NUI Maynooth. The note refers to an organisation that has a turnover of €3.5 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Are the degrees awarded by this body rather than the constituent colleges?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: I asked just because the National University of Ireland was mentioned on its own. The next item is the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. The note says a clear audit opinion. Next item is the State Examinations Commission and the note says a clear audit opinion. The next item is the Heritage Council and the note says a clear audit opinion but that the council did not carry...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Where is the source of income if that payment is made?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Jan 2018)
Seán Fleming: Is that separate from the money gone to Caranua?