Results 15,661-15,680 of 34,632 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Cost of Bank Stabilisation Measures as at the end of 2016
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Liquidation (14 Dec 2017) Seán Fleming: I acknowledge the position you are in. I see the two sides of the story. However, it is the job of the Committee of Public Accounts to interrogate you on various issues. At this point, on behalf of the committee I thank all the witnesses for participating in the meeting today. We are suspending the public meeting and will meet in private session this afternoon. Our next public meeting...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: 172. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent consultant's appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53401/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (12 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 7 November 2017, when the information requested will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (12 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: 564. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for expenditure in his Department over the coming years if Ireland joins PESCO; his plans to ensure a full public debate on the matter before the decision is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52893/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are joined today by Mr. Andy Harkness from the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. He is accompanied by Jennifer O'Halloran. Apologies have been received from Deputies Bobby Aylward and Alan Farrell. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald sends her apologies for the morning session; she will probably be here for the afternoon session. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of meetings....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: This afternoon we will meet in private session and we will discuss the Kildare-Wicklow Education Training Board situation because some of the documents and correspondence received may have legal implications. There are High Court proceedings referred to in some of the correspondence. That is for the afternoon meeting. We will come back to Kildare-Wicklow Education Training Board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy mean this afternoon?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: I do not know. We have to wait. The legal people will have some briefing note or briefing material for it. The legal people in the House have given a briefing to the secretariat for us to consider in private session this afternoon. We will just have to decide in private session. We are not in the business-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: No, we have correspondence-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: Rather than doing it now-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: -----we will do it in the afternoon session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, exactly. We will come to the Kildare-Wicklow Education Training Board. We are conscious that the chairman and vice chairman of the board have resigned. There have been some developments. We will discuss that in further detail this afternoon. The next item is correspondence received. The first is items Nos. 957 and 966 from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General of the Department of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: The work programme is on our agenda. It will come up in a few minutes. The next item is No. 955 from Mr. Graham Doyle, Secretary General of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It is a follow-up to the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on 12 October on the Transport Infrastructure Ireland financial statements. It gives information and a breakdown of various...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want us to hold it over?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will not clear it. We will hold that item over until next week. We will not note it until people have had an opportunity to read it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will discuss the correspondence next week and come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will hold it over. We are not moving on from it. It will be on our correspondence list next week. The next item is No. 967 from Mr. Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland, on contracts between IDA Ireland and ConnectIreland. The correspondence provides clarification on the verification process used by IDA Ireland in respect of payments to ConnectIreland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: I suggest that the Deputy might assist the secretariat in drafting the specific letter to IDA Ireland and we will go back. I believe there is a misunderstanding all around. We use the process that was used for ConnectIreland. We did not want a direct comparison. It alerted us to the issue of how they do it themselves in regard to their own job announcements. That is what the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2017)
Seán Fleming: Essentially it seems to be a survey. It is not a 100% questionnaire, it is only a survey.