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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: We made slight alterations to it today. It is this document here. It is a request that the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, CPPO extends its powers to request to compel that. It does not have to go to the Dáil. It is just the CPPO, and hopefully that will be forthcoming. When we will have it, I do not know. We will keep one slot but bear in mind the six weeks'...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: There are two documents. One relates to McCann FitzGerald, and that correspondence should be straightforward. The note and record of the meeting of 7 May 2020 should also be straightforward. We could always use an afternoon session, if we have to, to deal with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes, that is it. We may not even require a meeting, which would be a better situation. We also have the option of using the afternoons. The Department of Health is one with regard to some of those matters mentioned. Do members have any other ones they want to put in? I do not recall us having the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in. Then there is the Irish Human Rights...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: SEAI is coming before us so that is why we decided to bring that in.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is right - back in June. It was the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: For the new year. What was mentioned earlier regarding the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: If the Deputy wants to include that issue for the HSE or the Department of Health-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: The chief executive officer of the HSE recently said these organisations are essential. The health service could not function without them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Section 38 and section 39 organisations are crucial. The absence of a service-level agreement in all and every case is a gap, particularly if an organisation is getting significant funding.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I suggest to the Deputy that we could raise that issue when representatives from the Department of Health appear before us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: We could raise the issue of service-level agreements with section 38 and section 39 organisations.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Is the work programme agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That completes our consideration of the work programme. The last item is any other business. Do any members wish to raise any other matter?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: We do not know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: We could request information from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and ask its estimate. Is the Deputy happy with that? I know he has raised this issue previously but sometimes there are legitimate reasons for a State body to go down the legal route.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will request a note from the Chief State Solicitor's Office and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. Is that agreed? Agreed. There is no other item of business. We do not have anything to discuss in private session. Unless members have anything else to discuss I will adjourn the meeting until next Thursday, when we will engage with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to insist that county-based co-ordinators are put in place for school transport to avoid the problems that arise each year with the scheme. [42410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans through further resources to aid Dublin City Council in dealing with its significant backlog in conveyancing works (details supplied). [45277/23]