Results 19,361-19,380 of 34,664 for speaker:Seán Fleming
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: It does not mean that at all. We had a case in Portlaoise in which a property was offered and taken back and then they offered money. There can be a lot of legal impediments to completing the actual transfer, even after people accept and agree to do something.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, but I think we need to know whether the transaction has been completed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will specifically ask in respect to that property. We will ask for clarification as to whether all those properties that have been accepted for transfer have been transferred. There is a quite a difference between accepting and completing a transaction. The next item is Nos. 494(B)(i) and (ii), from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General in the Department of Education and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I would not have thought so. It is just the greyhound board resuming the discussion. We can follow up items by way of subsequent requests afterwards. Correspondence item 497B, dated 16 May 2017 from Bord na gCon, provides follow-up information from our meeting two weeks ago on pensions, employment details, Harold’s Cross stadium, the marketing strategy and a note on the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: He would not expect us to hold things up. His letter is on the record and we appreciate his letter. He is just not here in person.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will proceed with that straight away. I will inform Deputy Farrell of that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will look at that report in September 2018 if we are all here. Nos. 499C (i) and (ii) are correspondence dated 2 May 2017 from the Oireachtas Library and Research Service requesting permission to circulate a report requested by the previous Committee of Public Accounts on the remit of the Committee of Public Accounts. A copy of the document was requested by another Member of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We know that but it is still 17 months since year end. The Comptroller and Auditor General might have completed his work some months ago and it took-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I thought three months was for special reports. Is it for annual reports?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We will come back to that separately because there seems to be an unnecessary time lag. We will go into private session to discuss the work programme with regard to the issue of the whistleblower in the Grace case and the interim audit report on the Garda College in Templemore. Is there any other business?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes. As there are no other items, we will go into private session and will resume in public session with Bord na gCon.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We return today to the 2015 financial statements of Bord na gCon. We are joined from Bord na gCon by Mr. Phil Meaney, chairman, Dr. Seán Brady, interim chief executive officer, Mr. Michael Murnane, chief financial officer, Mr. Colin Walsh, director of commercial operations, Mr. Pat Creed, board member, Mr. Pat Herbert, board member, and Mr. Joe Lewins, director of IT and tote. We are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: If it is not possible, the meeting will have to suspend for more than an hour. I understand there will be six or seven divisions, which will mean suspending until well after 2 p.m. if our deliberations are not concluded when the voting bloc commences. I will advise later as to when or if we expect to resume proceedings in the afternoon. I invite Deputy Catherine Murphy to resume her...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy is free to come back in later on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: Might I help the Deputy?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I was going to help the Deputy with his question, not the answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: After Mr. Meaney responds, I will call Deputy Connolly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are giving each member a ten minute slot and then there will be a second slot.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: I think Mr. Gleeson from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will clarify that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)
Seán Fleming: The Deputy has accused the witnesses of evasion.