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- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: So we have a little over a quarter. We have about 27% or 28% of what we need. There should be 490 and that is a minimum.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I am concerned about building up the capacity. I am not trying to nail this on Ms McPhillips. It is not that we are walking, rather, we seem to be slow marching on this. We need nine centres for victims of domestic violence. We know the problems that are occurring. I see some of them when constituents come in about other matters but they may also be victims of domestic violence. As I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: We need to be moving it along in respect of Laois. Is the money there? There is no hold-up of money.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: The convention has an article in it that states victims of domestic violence should not have to travel more than 30 minutes to a refuge centre. We have people who are out of the county and could be for weeks with situations like that. It obviously creates problems because victims perhaps feel they have to go back to get the children back in to school and perhaps move back into a potentially...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Before Mr. O’Callaghan comes in, Ms McPhillips will appreciate that it is not just the county that is without a refuge. There is a whole midlands area without a place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Heads need to be knocked together. The county council is involved and has identified sites. If Ms McPhillips comes in and ask me what she can do in her position in the Department, it is to try to push this on to get the centre in place.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: In three locations.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: Mr. O'Callaghan wants to get it in place and I know procedures have to be gone through. I would ask that red tape and procedures be minimised and not just to wait for somebody else to make another decision.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I ask Mr. O’Callaghan and Ms McPhillips to take that away. I have raised it consistently and it is brought up regularly to me. I refer to whatever hold-ups may be at local level. I know the county councillors and the county management team are anxious to get this in place. I know the people who provide the service at Laois Domestic Abuse Service and Marna, who heads it up, are...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: That concludes the questioning, the witnesses will be happy to hear. I acknowledge the work of the Department and particularly the improvements in the international protection piece. We want to try to do better for people. People are stuck in the system for a long time and it is not good for anybody.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It means that there are other people on the street. Obviously, people come here who are not entitled to be here and the Department has to do its job regarding that as well, and that is fine. However, we are dealing with a very urgent situation. Hopefully, the Ukrainian situation will improve and that will take some pressure off. I acknowledge the improvements. I ask the witnesses to give...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: -----and general information around-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: It is a big improvement since the last time we checked and I want to acknowledge that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 24 – Justice (25 May 2023) Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses, the staff from the Department of Justice and Mr. O'Callaghan from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for the work they did in preparing for today's meeting and supplying information. I also thank Mr. Seamus McCarthy, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and his team for assisting and attending today as well. Is it...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The first item is the minutes of the meeting of 18 May which have been circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise any matters regarding the minutes? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. They will be published on the committee's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will bring him in at the end. I will see if other members want to come in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Let me outline the issue I have with it. I would actually go further. What caught my eye in the response from the project director is the expectation regarding the main contractor. It refers only to an expectation of an updated programme for substantial completion. That was to come to the employer representative and, obviously, the board as far back as February. That that has not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will ask for confirmation whether it is the case that it will not open until the end of 2025 and, if it is not, the projected opening date. We will ask that question along with the others and see what happens. Section C is correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. No. R1893, from an individual, is dated 4 May 2023. It is further...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Based on the Deputy's local information on this issue, is there an unauthorised development file opened with the county council?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know there is a time limit on unauthorised development files. It is with the county council and we have referred the matter to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. Is the Deputy happy enough with that?