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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's point is very clear.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: To get it in under the remit of the committee, given that it is not voted expenditure, all I am saying is that Mr. McCarthy's chapter opens the door for it to be within our remit. We can isolate the point the Deputy is making and deal with it separately. I just want to say that it will come within our remit once Mr. McCarthy refers to that topic-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: And we will. We are coming to our work programme and we are clear on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: That might be a conclusion. We cannot reach that conclusion before we do our work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: As we stand, the matter is on all four squares in the Department of Finance. That is where it stands now. It is under our remit. It will answer about these.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will start with the Accounting Officer.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: On the work-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: It is to be published by Friday of next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is our bread and butter work for the year. I will move on to the next item. That is two months' of correspondence dealt with in two hours.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Which number?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. There is a lot of correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next item in correspondence is the issue of reports and statements of accounts received since the last meeting. Arising from the minutes of the last meeting, we agreed to hold over the An Chéim accounts for 2016. I do not have them in front of me so we will hold it over. An Chéim is part of the Dublin Institute of Technology in that it is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: When is that expected to be completed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We probably held it over because it was nearing wind-up. We will get the final set of wind-up accounts in due course.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: What will there be?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Did it exist after year-end 2016?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: That was the final account.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will note it and move on if that is okay.