Results 721-740 of 1,119,257 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:George Lee OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Martin Kenny OR speaker:Brendan Griffin OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Seán Haughey OR speaker:Colm Brophy OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Pa Daly OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Cormac Devlin OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Hildegarde Naughton OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Patrick Costello OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:James O'Connor) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The Gathering Project 2013 had a turnover of nil. The Comptroller and Auditor General audits about 280 public bodies. Is it not wasteful to have something constantly there that has not had a remit in recent years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Which body showed non-compliance with procurement rules?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We might just-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Drinan. In fact, I noted that most of the others did not appear non-compliant. There is generally an improvement in that area.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Is it agreed to note the listing of the accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of the accounts and financial statements will be published as part of the minutes. We will move to correspondence. As previously agreed, items that have not been flagged for discussion for this meeting will be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: One of them relates to bogus self-employment.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The first one is the examination of the appropriation of public moneys to RTÉ and its expenditure. It has been suggested that the Government brings RTÉ back under the statutory remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Obviously, we will get an update on that. That was a recommendation from the Committee of Public Accounts in addition to the expert advisory group the Minister...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Cormac Devlin: I will come in on that particular piece of correspondence. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach rightly pointed out, the committee worked exceptionally hard on that report following on from the large engagement not only with RTÉ, but also with the other ancillary individuals and agencies. This is another item that needs to reoccur on our agenda as a committee. The committee was very firm about...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It is about receiving constant updates from the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: I would be interested because, obviously, it is really important that RTÉ comes under the remit of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. How long in general would it take for a body to come under its remit? How long does that take on the Comptroller and Auditor General's side? Is it just simply that we are waiting on the Bill? The other thing that stood out to me with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Obviously, it increases the workload because it would be one of the big accounts. It is going to be important that there is a regulatory impact assessment and that there are appropriate resources.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No. R2828 is from RTÉ. As I said earlier, it is an update on the settlements with regard to the scope section. When we were originally told about the time estimate on this, it was 15 years and then the next time we had an engagement, it had been reduced to three years. There has been ongoing engagement, and this is an update. We factored in a need to have updates and we need to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Is that agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Yes, it is agreed. Realistically, it will probably be a very long meeting because there is a very large amount to go through but it is very important so it is absolutely agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I ask members to please note that this meeting will take place at 11 a.m. in committee room 4 on Tuesday. It is obviously unusual for us to have a second meeting in the week. In our usual time slot next Thursday, 24 October, we will engage with the Health Service Executive on the 2023 financial statements and chapter 17, which is on the Health Service Executive’s integrated financial...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I understand the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is not available to meet on 7 November. That was a meeting we particularly wanted to have because it is the biggest set of accounts that are outstanding. They are a year older than most accounts that come before the committee. Some of that may relate to some of the claims being made by the contractor. We particularly wanted...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: May I come in on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We will try to get the board in on 14 November if-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2024)
Mairead Farrell: Will we still be here?