Results 18,341-18,360 of 34,956 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yesterday was the closing date. We received this letter yesterday and I think another one came late yesterday evening. It might have been circulated last night or this morning. From that point of view, it came in. However, what we have to adjudicate next week is the replies we did not get, that is, that which is outstanding. If something happens or we get useful information, we are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will ask the clerk. As we speak, he is working on the education report. We will speak to him later on and verify all that. We will come back to it. We will get it checked out. I do not know the answer now. I call Deputy Cullinane. We will try to move on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We state it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will wait until next week to form a conclusion. We will not form it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I understand that. It is a point that we have to discuss next week. We will discuss that point about the level of co-operation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The secretariat had a checklist here the other day. I am sure that it will be updated today having received this correspondence yesterday. We will have all that. We will move on from correspondence received. The next item is on reports-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am coming to the work programme in the next item.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have not got it yet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Before the day is out, we will write to Tony O'Brien asking him for a copy of it forthwith. I thank Deputy Connolly for reminding us of it. On reports, statements and accounts received, there is just one set of financial statements that have been laid in the Houses of the Oireachtas in the last week. Those are the financial statements of the Houses of the Oireachtas itself. The sum of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: There was a clear audit report on it and it was the only one received. We will note that. The next item is the work programme. To be clear, today I am proposing, once we finish this session, to bring in the officials from the Department of Finance to deal with the Finance Vote. In the afternoon, we will have those from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in regard to its...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: It will probably come out in early August.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Anybody in the Oireachtas.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am alerting people to the information that we received last night, which is unsatisfactory. One would have thought the period was long enough to ensure we would get a reasonable picture of the overall situation. We will write to the Commissioner, asking her to give us as much interim information, even if it is not the final report. The Garda Síochána have to have an indication...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I will read the note.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have been told that the Garda Síochána does not expect to have the report finalised until the end of this month, which is the end of July.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Garda Síochána is slow at getting information. We have other public bodies who are smarter and more prompt in providing information. We had information last night and more information this morning and it still has not answered everything. It has been a feature of our dealings with the Garda Síochána; it has not been as efficient in dealing with the Committee of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are only dealing with-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Fleming: I do not know.