Results 1-20 of 69 for sligo speaker:Seán Fleming

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Fleming: .... The N17 Knock to Collooney scheme has been identified in the NDP. TII has worked to progress this scheme through planning, design and construction. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, met recently with Sligo County Council on a number of issues and this project was one of the topics discussed at the meeting. I can confirm €400,000 has been allocated for the N17 Knock to Collooney...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (20 Jun 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue on behalf of his constituents in Sligo. There have been many accidents and fatalities on the road. One factor that is not taken into account sufficiently in these areas is the number of lives saved by improved roads infrastructure. We often talk about the cost benefit of roads, but we cannot put a price on people's lives. People are fatally...

Seanad: Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Fleming: ...The sector has already been mentioned. It is well dispersed throughout the country. Obviously, much of it is in Dublin, but it is in Cavan, Cork, Drogheda, Dundalk, Galway, Kilkenny, Letterkenny, Leitrim, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Wicklow and Wexford as well. It is all over the place. On the over-reliance on this sector, my recollection is that 200,000 people are employed as a result...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...hands up as I will refer to Laois County Council, which had only 8% of the decisions coming before the board reversed. That is the best record. Kerry and Meath had 41% of the decisions rejected, Sligo had 38% of decisions rejected, Waterford city and county had 37% of decisions rejected, and Galway had 36% of decisions rejected. Some planning authorities seem to be slightly more...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...letter is quite detailed. We will note and publish it, even though I believe it is already in the public domain. The next item is No. 2234B, which is correspondence from St. Angela's college, Sligo, which states that its audit was scheduled to commence on 17 June. As it is now 20 June, I take it that the accounts are in. We will get the update. University College Cork states that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...: University College Cork; Dublin City University; Dublin Institute of Technology, although that body is in a wind-down situation; the State Examinations Commission; Letterkenny Institute of Technology; St. Angela's College in Sligo; St. Patrick's College of Education, which is a residual account following amalgamation; and the Church of Ireland College of Education, also a residual...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...Officers and their Ministers following previous meetings of the committee. The first item is No. 2031, correspondence, dated 11 March 2019, received from Mr. Tom Grady, chief executive of Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board, on governance standards, the internal audit function, the finance committee and internal controls. The ETB acknowledges the shortcomings in 2017...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...the National Library of Ireland, which has been given a clear audit opinion. The Royal Irish Academy of Music has also been given a clear audit opinion, as has the Cork Institute of Technology. Sligo Institute of Technology has been given a clear audit opinion but attention is again drawn to a severance payment which we dealt with in our most recent report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (28 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...secretariat. When I look at all the issues, the loans, the balances, the mortgages, the collection rates and everything, it shows the income, the capital income and expenditure. We can see that Sligo has a massive deficit, whereas the local authorities in Dublin and Cork have built up funds. It is great to see all this information. When the Department comes to talk to the local...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will move on. I expect people to be satisfied that the matter is on a work programme. We will request the details of the note on the internal audit function. The next matter is the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board. There are similar issues, such as non-compliance. We will not discuss this now but we will request a detailed note. Concerns arise regarding internal...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: There is a clear audit opinion for St. Angela's College Sligo and for the Dublin Dental Hospital board. The latter’s accounts were prepared in accordance with the accountancy standards for the voluntary hospital sector and approved by the Minister for Health.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...these and discuss them later. Nos. 1853A and 1854A, dated 16 January 2019, comprise briefing papers and opening statements from Dr. Brendan McCormack, president, Institute of Technology, IT, Sligo. We will note and publish these and discuss them later. Nos. 1855A and 1878Aare from Professor Willie Donnelly, president, Waterford Institute of Technology. They are dated 17 and 23 January...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: This morning's session is specifically on UL, Sligo IT, Waterford IT-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: .... There are a number of opening statements and we want to hear them all in the next session because somebody might choose to only talk about UL and somebody else might choose to only talk about Sligo IT so we have to get all of them out there so we can have a logical discussion afterwards.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...we will examine the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report No. 103 on the handling of remuneration for certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo. We have also requested an update on the implementation of Dr. Thorn's Independent Review of Certain Matters and Allegations Relating to the University of Limerick. In the afternoon session we...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...referred to accountability and control. Those remarks ring hollow given that we do not have audited accounts for the past two and a half years. The most recent published financial statements for IT Sligo and Waterford Institute of Technology cover the period 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016. That is two and a half years ago and we have not received any published financial statements...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: ...before the committee, along with representatives of the Department, as soon as the financial statements for the period ending September 2017 in the case of UL and 31 August 2017 in the cases of IT Sligo and Waterford Institute of Technology are finalised. We expect representatives of each of the institutions to appear, along with Mr. Ó Foghlú, because somebody must ensure this...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: Does Mr. O'Toole have anything on IT Sligo?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: I thank Professor Fitzgerald for his opening statement. I invite Dr. Brendan McCormack to make his opening statement on behalf of IT Sligo.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 103 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Remuneration of certain senior staff in the University of Limerick and Institute of Technology Sligo (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Fleming: We will resume our discussion with representatives from the University of Limerick and Sligo Institute of Technology. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien was in possession before the break.