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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is about the facility in Leixlip.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Previous correspondence indicates that on 15 June it was agreed to write to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to seek information on what due diligence they are undertaking on potential providers of accommodation. At that meeting on 21 September it was agreed to note and publish the Department's response. That response was R2079. It is there somewhere....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: The residents association was raising it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Ryevale Lawns residents association. Okay. Thank you for that. Moving on to the work programme, members have been circulated with a draft work programme which is up on your screens now. On 1 February we are meeting with the Department of Health in respect of----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Are you okay? Have you got it on your screens?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Can you share screens? Okay. On 1 February we are meeting with the Department of Health on its 2022 appropriation accounts, Vote 38, chapter 18 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report. Representatives of the HSE have also been invited to attend. On 8 February we meet with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission on its 2022 financial statements. The resourcing...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would you expect that they would be laid before the Houses?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay. That takes us up to the March recess. After that, we will meet An Garda Síochána in respect of their 2022 appropriation account, Vote 20, An Garda Síochána. I ask that members flag areas of interest for any of those meetings. If members have anything else they want to add to the work programme, they might indicate.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: I cannot see why not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is 7 March. That concludes consideration of the work programme. Is there any other business in the public session that members wish to raise? Deputy O'Connor raised an issue in relation to correspondence item No. R2272B which we considered here last week. Do you want to address that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: Are you happy enough for us to correspond with it and come back with a statement that can be read into the record?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will request that. We will now go into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. next Thursday, 1 February, when we engage with the Department of Health.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (25 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the relevant section of the Circular Economy Bill will be enacted to allow local authorities to use CCTV camera to stop illegal dumping of waste. [2899/24]
- Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: The fact is that the housing situation continues to get worse under the Government's watch. The fact is that rents are at an all-time high and rising. The Government has missed its social and affordable housing targets for three years in a row. It is a fact that in County Laois new rents have increased by 11.4% in 12 months. In fact, it is almost impossible to enter the private rental...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: I wish to raise the issue of driver test waiting times. I got figures recently in response to a parliamentary question and there is a waiting time of 24 weeks in the Birr test centre, 25 weeks in Portlaoise and 43 weeks in Kilkenny city. This is according to the figures I got. It is a scandalous delay. I have taken up this matter before with the Minister. It is particularly affecting...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: I ask the Taoiseach to get the Minister to take a hands on approach with this issue and to try to get it addressed with the RSA.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)
Brian Stanley: It needs a push. It needs action.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Imelda Munster. The witnesses are very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or are on silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Brian Stanley: As Mr. McKeon has quite a long opening statement, could he summarise it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Social Insurance Fund 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 13 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 14 - Ex gratia Payments of €1.4 million to Social Welfare Branch Managers
Chapter 15 - Raising Social Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 16 - Recovery of Welfare Overpayments
Chapter 17 - Actuarial Review of the Social Insurance Fund (18 Jan 2024) Brian Stanley: I advise Mr. McKeon that he is over time. I ask that he summarise the remainder of his statement.