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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-----

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 sorry to interrupt but we must move on to Deputy Kelly now. The sequence for speakers is as follows: Deputies Kelly, Madigan, Catherine Murphy, Connolly, Cassells and McDonald. There will be a second opportunity to pose questions if members stick to the time allocated.

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: Head of which legal?

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: Not the Department. Garda legal.

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: We are moving on.

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: For the sake of clarity, the documentation is coming on foot of a formal request from the Chair. It was not a request from an individual member.

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: While on that, it is a total mystery as to why the Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland has come into the Department of Justice and Equality.

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: Syrians and others have come in and have been accommodated in recent times. Is it Syrians who come in?

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: Under what category do they fall? They are not categorised as refugees? Where do they come into this equation of accommodation?