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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: 2 p.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Next week. We will suspend while the witnesses take their seats. They will make opening statements and we will suspend again to return at 2 p.m.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are dealing with the 2015 Appropriation Accounts for the Department of Justice and Equality, Vote 24 and Chapter 6 of the Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. From the Department of Justice and Equality, we are joined by Mr. Noel Waters, Secretary General, Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Mr. Jimmy Martin, Mr. John O'Callaghan, Mr. Seamus Clifford, Mr. Ben Ryan, Mr. Eugene Banks and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I thank Mr. Waters for the opening statement. As I indicated, there is a joint sitting of the Oireachtas in the next few minutes, so the meeting is now suspended and we will resume at 2 o'clock.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We are now scheduled to deal with a vote for the Department of Justice and Equality and chapter 6 in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Before we take that, the Comptroller and Auditor General has asked me to say that he wants to make a statement arising out of this morning's meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I want to comment briefly before Deputy Cullinane comes in. The Comptroller and Auditor General brought this to my attention at the last moment. My statement this morning regarding the certificate of internal financial control that is in the published appropriation account was dated 31 March 2016 and that is the date on the document presented to us, signed by Nóirín O'Sullivan. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General's office to issue a statement on that basis to all the media, and will arrange with the Committee of Public Accounts secretariat for a statement to be made about this morning's discussions and this correction. The Committee of Public Accounts recognises that there was wrong information before us this morning. We appreciate the Comptroller and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: This afternoon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We have dealt with this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: This is new to me. I have made it very clear to the secretariat that as soon as the meeting is over we will issue a statement from myself as Chairman, in light of the information brought to us today and we will make sure it is fully verified and checked before it goes out this afternoon based on what we have heard.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We do and as soon as the meeting is over, the respective statements from the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General's office will be issued but we must wait until the meeting is finished. It will be later this afternoon and the members will all get copies. It is good to clarify. If a problem arises, I prefer to hear about it straight up at the first opportunity.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I was working from the published documents.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: We will move on. I thank the members. I know that will generate its own news story but life is life.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: The first speaker now will be Deputy Alan Farrell, followed by Deputy Cullinane.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: There is a phone ringing.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: Silent is not enough; phones need to be on airplane mode. If they are on silent, messages can still come through.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I am going to suspend the meeting for a minute. The staff who are recording the meeting will not be able to record it properly because of the mobile phone interference. We do not want some of it to be missed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: I ask Deputy Farrell to continue.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: The next speaker is Deputy Cullinane. A number of people indicated during this morning's session that they wanted to be put down as speakers. They indicated in the following sequence: Deputy Cullinane, Deputy Kelly, Deputy Madigan, Deputy Catherine Murphy, Deputy Connolly and Deputy Cassells.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriations Account (Resumed)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Resumed)
Chapter 6 - Procurement and Management of Contracts for Direct Provision (Resumed) (11 May 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's time is up. He will get a second opportunity later. There are several speakers indicating-----