Results 641-660 of 20,048 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Do I take it that the €300 million or thereabouts that was withdrawn went to another government who claimed that share of the tax?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It was European government obviously.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I propose that we request information on what other governments have drawn moneys from the fund and have been beneficiaries of it while Ireland was taking a case to not accept the money in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes, but another state benefited from it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I remember that there was a period when it was in decline because of negative interest rates.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: No large depletions. Thanks for that. Deputy Catherine Murphy wants to come in on the financial statements.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: A question arises in that regard that I want to draw to the attention of the committee. There are some people who may be more advanced in years and who own a second or third house. They are retired now. They are not online and they do not have a computer or a smartphone. I have come across a couple of cases where people had extreme difficulty, despite extensive efforts, registering...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is 27%.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does Deputy Murphy have one more point to make?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: The HSE is on the schedule for 24 October. I had drawn a circle around the payment because the €1.7 million paid in respect of private income was something that jumped out at me when I saw it this week. My understanding is that all consultants are now on an 80:20 contract and they must spend 80% of their time doing public work and 20% on private work. All new consultants coming into...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Was it an award by a court?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: With the committee's agreement I suggest that we write to the HSE and seek those details.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will not get the name of the person but we will find out about the process and whether the settlement was agreed prior to a court hearing. We must ask how it came about, at what point the settlement was made, and how the figure of €1.37 million was reached. We could clarify the point Deputy Catherine Murphy asked about whether it was for work within a public hospital. We should...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: This is in addition to the payment of nearly €1 million being paid to one individual within a 12-month period. If I recall correctly, the amount that was received was €900,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: We had Tusla in. From memory -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: We can bring it back again. We do not have anything scheduled with Tusla at the moment. The secretariat is just checking the list.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: We can put it in the work programme.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I assure the committee that it was a three-year process for this particular woman. It is very difficult.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: The fines kept coming.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is correct. This is a substantial sum of money, €24.7 billion. Sometimes €22 billion is quoted but this is almost €25 billion in a year. I have no problem with that money going to the HSE but as I have told the HSE here on a few occasions, we could load up another €10 billion on an articulated lorry and drove it over to its headquarters of the...