Results 16,261-16,280 of 34,726 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It might take a separate meeting from the usual Thursday meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the secretariat to come back with proposals for that for the next meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. Category C relates to correspondence from private individuals and other correspondence. Correspondence number 878 is dated 23 October from an anonymous source. It raises questions about Garda-related bodies, including the Garda Benevolent Trust Fund and the Garda Holidays and Travel Club. I propose that we forward the correspondence to An Garda Síochána for a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We need to do so promptly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: I have met the individual.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: He is a constituent of mine. I am up-front in saying that. It is very serious and it has to be brought to a conclusion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the Department to get us the reply and take it further as soon as we get it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is absolutely agreed. We will come back to this for an update at the next meeting. The next item of correspondence, No. 885, dated 7 November, is from an individual enquiring about the cost of St. Francis Bridge in Kilkenny. It is proposed that we write to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for a response to the letter. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 886,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will put the witnesses for next week on notice that we will raise this issue specifically. No. 892C, dated 9 November 2017, is correspondence from Mr. John Pollock, project director, National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, providing an update, as requested by the committee, in regard to the National Children's Hospital. According to the update, the main children's hospital is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: What is the asset that it is not recognising?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is taking a more conservative, cautious approach than most other organisations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Does the Deputy want to send a letter from the committee to establish that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will send a letter seeking the information and then we will deal with the reply. If the Deputy wants to consult the committee secretariat and read the letter before it goes out, he may do so. When we get the information, we can discuss it at that stage. The next item concerns the 2016 accounts of Institute of Technology Carlow. There is a clear audited opinion, except for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Next are the 2016 accounts for the national training fund. Who has the national training fund?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is a clear auditor opinion as well, which is fine. The next item is the work programme, which is set for the next number of weeks. We are engaging with the education sector today and next week we will have representatives of An Garda Síochána. It is very important we contact An Garda Síochána to see if there has been any further progress on the audits that were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will have it for next week's briefing. It follows our report from before the summer. We need to have it on the agenda.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: The job is done. We all know the members of the Garda have a Policing Authority meeting in the afternoon next Thursday and they will have to be out of here at 1 p.m. We will get going at 9.30 a.m.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Nov 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, or we can hold over correspondence for a week. We can be conscious of it if there is something urgent.