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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: We are joined from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General by Ms Colette Drinan, director of audit, and Mr. Shane Carton, deputy director of audit. Apologies have been received from Deputies Aylward, Cassells and MacSharry. Are the minutes of the meetings of 29 and 30 March 2017 agreed? Agreed. There is nothing specific arising out of the minutes that will not come up on our...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is fine. I only referred specifically to the FOI aspect. The two conflicting points of view are very well stated. I do not know how much we will get beyond the publicly-stated positions, but the points Deputy Cullinane makes about the staff and the staff numbers were the original points we invited the HSE in to discuss. The Deputy's point is well made in that regard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is a separate item of correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is the Deloitte report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: In a week or two.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a consensus that we should invite Mr. O'Brien back. I agree with Deputy McDonald that it would be helpful if we can close it off and be concise. I therefore ask all members to contact the secretary with a list of specific queries for Mr. O'Brien so that when he comes to the committee he will have the complete answers rather than members raising issues on the day and he having to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: There is a suggestion that on 15 June we bring in the Garda Síochána separately to deal with the Garda Síochána accounts and the Templemore issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: At the moment, we have scheduled the Department of Justice and Equality for 11 May, which is fairly soon after the Easter break. Is it feasible to deal with all those issues that week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: And there is the Vote for the Garda Síochána.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: I am told that on 18 May the Garda Síochána is not available.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: Unless they swap to 18 May and we have the Garda Commissioner in on 4 May.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: Yes, but we could ask if the board is agreeable to changing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: I do not know. We will ask the people in the secretariat to use their good offices.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: We have moved that a few times.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: That is part of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: The which?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: Let us try to tease this out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: The proposal is to switch the Department of Justice and Equality to 18 May and have An Garda Síochána appear on 11 May instead. What are we dealing with in respect of An Garda Síochána?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: In respect of resources.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Apr 2017)
Seán Fleming: So they would need to be available for two sessions. And there is the Garda Síochána Vote.