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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Next item, No. 741B, Nos. 1 to 5 dated 28 August is from the chief executive of the Courts Service, following the request from the committee on 13 July when it attended. This provides the information on District Court waiting times, the contract with Curran Communications and a breakdown of expenditure on training and incidental expenses. We note and publish that. No. 743B, dated 30...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: That would mean 20 accounts before we start.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: There has been so much talk about the number of Garda accounts. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the amount of accounts, but if some are dormant and tidying up is required then well and good. We will write back to An Garda Síochána for details, to ask it to review the accounts and decide if they are all necessary and, if not, to close them down. We are not going...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: The bank account is 756.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: I skipped 754. Have I skipped it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is on screen. I skipped it by mistake. We have a copy of the letter. It is from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills dated 14 August in relation to the accommodation requirements of Caranua. Sorry, I skipped it in my list. The Deputy said that she wanted to come back to Caranua.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will note and publish that in the meantime.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, No. 756B. Here we go again. It is an update on the Deloitte report. This relates to the south-east case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, and there is a commission of investigation examining it now. The letter states: "I refer to your recent correspondence seeking an update on the current position regarding the Deloitte report." This is in relation to the payments to the Waterford charity that dealt with the abuse case. The letter continued: "I wish to advise that I will receive the Deloitte report today." The letter...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are referring to the Grace case in the south east when we talk about the Deloitte report, which is the second Deloitte report that we have today. In case people are wondering what case we are talking about, I can confirm that we are talking about the Grace case in the south east.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Two common themes have emerged today. The Garda Síochána and the HSE are possibly the two biggest and most powerful organisations in the State. The Garda Síochána is responsible for our safety and the HSE is responsible for our health. We were given commitments by both senior officials who attended meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts before the summer break...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Was the money paid last year? Has it been paid? Does the Comptroller and Auditor know? He might not know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. The figure is something like what I said because I read it in media reports as it was mentioned in the courts. We want both of those people in here, as urgently as possible, to deal with the specific commitments they gave in public to the national Parliament's Committee of Public Accounts and the subsequent pulling back from that commitment by the officials. That is the issue...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: To summarise, we will give Mr. O'Brien the extracts of the previous committee meeting where he gave a commitment. We will stress this issue is strictly a financial issue and is 100% within the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts. Other organisations of the State may choose to do so and while they do so, the Committee of Public Accounts does not stand down from its obligations to look...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, we do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is a financial report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is the Deloitte financial report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are inviting-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will hold off making any contact with the commission lest it might misinterpret that we are trying to tread on its area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)
Seán Fleming: I think we are clear on both issues now.