Results 15,801-15,820 of 34,632 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Everything comes to us. Nothing is held back from the committee by the secretariat. Occasionally, we must seek legal advice. The Deputy sees the extensive list of correspondence that we receive every week. We note it, publish it or agree to write back. That is all done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is the exception.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Do Deputies wish to go into private session for a moment? This will be too difficult otherwise. The secretariat's officials are probably better placed to explain the process. Can we go into private session?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: They cannot speak about this otherwise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Officials have to speak in private session.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We can revert to this matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Maybe we will hold it over until next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will revert to this matter with the correspondence next week.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Will we go into private session? It will only be for a minute or two?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is guaranteed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are in public session. For the benefit of the public, I note that in our private session we discussed correspondence we received in the past week on the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board. While we wish to address matters relating to the ETB, we are concerned about some legal issues. We will discuss the matter again next week following receipt of advice from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will come to the work programme in a minute. The answer is "I do not know" because it is up to members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Department has been asked and we are waiting for it. We do not have it, but it is on our list.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have that. It is in the comprehensive document which has been circulated. I looked at it before I came down. It is 952B - the TII response to the request for further information during its appearance. There is a full list of every motorway project on a county-by-county basis and the total cost of land acquisition and goodwill payments. The full detail is there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a lot of volume and it is all there. We move to item No. 4, statements and accounts received since the last meeting. On the screen, there are three sets of accounts, the first of which relates to the Social Insurance Fund. While there is a clear audit opinion, chapter 16 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report this year deals with the estimated level of irregular...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is that the Departmental Vote? We do not have the Vote on for next week. We have chapter 16, regularity of social welfare payments-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: How can we have a chapter in the social insurance fund next week if it deals with the social insurance fund and we are not discussing the social insurance fund?