Results 17,921-17,940 of 34,729 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The next items of correspondence are Nos. 671A (i) to 671A (iii), inclusive. No. 671A is a covering email from the Garda Commissioner enclosing the interim report and the second interim report into the examination of the recording of breath tests. That is the matter to which I have just referred and we will await the final report and will deal with the issue then. In the meantime we can...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have to be conscious that there is a commission of investigation under way.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The costs of the Deloitte report were mentioned in the High Court settlement. We all understand that the lack of adequate payment for Grace's service provider financially compromised the organisation for a considerable period. There is no mention here of whether the organisation has received any interim payment or how much that might be. Even that information should have been included.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have followed up on this on several occasions. At the end of this letter he does not even give an expected timeline as to when we might receive the report. It has actually gone in reverse.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is treating Grace with contempt in the first place, and the public after that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will write a stern letter to Mr. O'Brien, expressing the gross dissatisfaction of the committee at the reply and lack of timeline, and insisting he does whatever is necessary with Deloitte and his own organisation to ensure it is brought to an urgent conclusion. We are going into recess. We will note that unless we have it we will expect him before the committee in September. If it is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I take it the Comptroller and Auditor General will not discuss them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We take that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Comptroller and Auditor General will take it into consideration as part of the audit he is conducting-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: -----on which he will publish a report in September.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Fine. We note this. The longer this is, the more that is going on. That is all I can say.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Exactly. Category C is correspondence from private individuals and other correspondence. We wrote before about the Cashel hospital issue and received a reply quite some time ago. I ask the secretariat at to write to Mr. O'Brien to state we want an update on the issue. I was asked about it yesterday.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy did indeed. We will ask for a more up to date position. No. 660C is a briefing paper prepared by the Oireachtas Library and Research Service, which provides an overview of the current funding model for Irish Water. It provides information on the role of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and the Commission for Energy Regulation on Irish Water....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a bit of a theme developing on the quality of information being provided. Perhaps we are being more precise in ensuring we follow up on these matters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will do that and we will come back to it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: It is distressing. If we have difficulty getting accurate information, how are the service users being dealt with?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is the point. We will come back to it. We will write and await a response and then follow up.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I will ask the secretariat to check this. If we are missing something I will ask the secretariat to recirculate it. If we have not received something referred to, it will be circulated. No. 667C is correspondence, dated 7 June 2017, from an individual on the public services card. The committee is being copied on this correspondence, which was sent to the Taoiseach. It is not directed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is for the years 2013 and 2014.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Is Mr. McCarthy saying that, as of now-----