Results 6,241-6,260 of 20,410 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: With the agreement of the committee, we will refer that correspondence to the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. No. R1899, from Deputy McAuliffe, concerns an individual's experience regarding assessments for intellectual disabilities. It is proposed to note and publish this item and forward it to the Joint Committee on Health and the Joint Committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I refer to a possible engagement with the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to discuss its financial statements for 2021. The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn attention to an issue of non-compliance with salary disclosure requirements and the terms of the early retirement package for the former CEO. The question is what our agenda should be for the meeting of 29 June. As I...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The meeting of 22 June is with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is the parent Department for the horse racing industry.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: We may, but there is a choice to be made. We have had a substantial number of guests in to discuss the broader issues and we have done a report, which was launched in recent months. There are a lot of related issues that come up at meetings of the committee. There is the option of doing as the Deputy proposes. When officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine were...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am not aware of resignations from the board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can bring the officials in for a full hearing on that issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The decision on the agenda for the meeting of 29 June is in the committee's hands. We have had a report on the broader issues the Deputy referenced and we have had a number of engagements with the people involved. There is always a general governance issue when we bring in any Accounting Officer, but the question is whether there is enough in this particular matter to warrant a full...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: There is the possibility of engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the Workplace Relations Commission. There is the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report on NAMA's progress in achieving its objectives. That is due to be published soon but we do not have a date for it. Then there is the possibility to discuss the IHRB's financial statements and the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I would imagine that if we are doing a report on Sport Ireland, because it is a different Department, it will be a report on that hearing. Does anyone else want to come in regarding the work programme? We have a vacancy on 29 June. Here are the options. We previously agreed to defer a meeting with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with a focus on the Workplace Relations...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Those are the options.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to contribute? We can bring in NAMA but there is a bit of uncertainty around that because there is the question of when we will have the report from the Comptroller and Auditor General. The Comptroller and Auditor General might wish to comment on when that report is likely to appear.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That leaves us with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the Workplace Relations Commission with IDA Ireland attached to that, as raised by Deputy Dillon. Deputy Catherine Murphy has proposed the option of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. They are the options.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Deputy Colm Burke have any preference?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I suggest we do not long-finger it too much because-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: -----there are governance issues that we need to keep on top of.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy saying this in a general way?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know members are anxious to bring in the IHRB, and I agree that it needs to be brought in, but it may need to be included with some other items. Are members happy to leave that and pencil in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I just note here that we are looking for IDA Ireland with representatives from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Could we bring in the Department and have somebody from IDA Ireland at the meeting? Is it a stand-alone set-up?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The budget is around €80 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Would there be anything to stop us from having both of them in at the same time?