Sean Fleming

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Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Ceann Comhairle: “That was a decision that the Public Accounts Committee made itself and it is empowered to make these decisions”.
PAC ‘treading on embers’ in investigating Áras spending in election run-up

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was “treading on embers” when it decided to investigate spending in Áras an Uachtaráin in the run-up to the presid(...)

Declan O’Callaghan, of Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, was suspended in July by the High Court. Photograph: Collins
Suspended solicitor urged woman to stay quiet about money he owed her

Until last Wednesday afternoon, a shy middle-aged Roscommon wife and mother was unsure whether she was destined to lose her family home in the days be(...)

EIB president Werner Hoyer: “If we cannot stop this trend towards the return of protectionism…we are going to live in a much less comfortable continent and world very soon.”
EIB funding hit by Brexit, corporation tax backlog, and wind energy projects at risk

The European Investment Bank president has warned that “If we cannot stop this trend towards the return of protectionism…we are going to live in a muc(...)

Public Accounts Committee chairman Seán Fleming said the State was missing out on significant additional resources because of the amount of tax that remained under appeal. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan
Revenue pursuing three corporate tax bills in excess of €100m

Three large corporation tax bills, worth more than €100 million each, have yet to be collected by Revenue because of a backlog of appeals at the Tax A(...)

Labour health spokesman Alan Kelly said delays in reading smears created a “serious risk”. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins
Women at ‘risk’ over CervicalCheck smear backlog, PAC told

There is a “risk” to women who require routine smears because their tests are facing 20-week delays in being read due to a backlog created by the Cerv(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the Minister for Health Simon Harris and said the HSE’s practice of passing its problems onto the Department of Health needs to change. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Varadkar defends Harris after O’Brien calls him a ‘frightened little boy’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has defended the Minister for Health Simon Harris and said the HSE’s practice of passing its problems onto the Department of He(...)

Deputy Alan Kelly told the public accounts committee he had received a letter from a whistleblower in the OPW. Photo: Gareth Chaney Collins
OPW whistleblower letter makes ‘very serious’ allegations, committee told

Labour TD Alan Kelly has said he has received a letter from a former whistleblower within the Office of Public Works (OPW) which contain allegations o(...)

Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming, chairman of the PAC, insisted that what the committee intended to do was not unconstitutional. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan
PAC should be able to examine spending by Office of the President – McDowell

A former Attorney General has said expenditure by Áras an Uachtaráin should be open to examination by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) like other a(...)

President Michael D Higgins at the National Ploughing Championship in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA
Micheál Martin queries PAC move to examine Presidential Office costs

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has clashed with a powerful Dáil committee chaired by a party colleague over its decision to examine the costs of th(...)

Seán Fleming, chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee, said he was stunned that Nama was continuing to pay fees to Tughans. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Nama urged to tell of dealings with Belfast law firm at centre of Project Eagle

The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has been urged to disclose all its dealings with a Belfast law firm at the centre of the Project Eagle con(...)

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