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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will look for that information. We will move on. No. R1658B, from Ms Dee Forbes, director general, RTÉ, dated 11 January 2023, provides information requested by the committee regarding expenditure on a musical production, Toy Show - the Musical. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Regarding this matter, further correspondence has been...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can do that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy has asked a number of questions. First, if RTÉ is proceeding with another musical will it conduct a review first? RTÉ has indicated that so it looks like RTÉ will proceed and we must get it confirmed whether a review will be carried out. The Deputy raised the issue of giving notice of cancellations and asked a very legitimate question. She asked how many shows...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: No, it is not. RTÉ is not directly responsible but substantial funding goes from the Department to RTÉ, which obviously has a hugely important programme. The Deputy is correct that what this committee is debating here concerns hundreds of thousands of euro here as opposed many billions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: The context is that RTÉ is faced with substantial financial challenges thus leading to a number of questions. This committee has had RTÉ in here a number of times as there has been a number of issues that we have been concerned about. Both the work that this committee has done and some of its recommendations have been useful. Of course we, as a committee, have encouraged RTÉ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: The correspondence we have here sets out that in December €1.2 billion had been spent. A question we need an answer to is whether the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, NPHDB, can advise as to what the allocation was for budget 2023 so we could see how close they are to the €1.7 billion estimate, and if we will reach that this year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay, so it is €1.4 billion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is the €300 million for the three hospitals in Children's Health Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will ask them that because if it is €1.4 billion-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Or it could be squeezed out of other capital projects.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Without going near the Vote.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We had here a couple of weeks ago-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is the figure. It is minuscule what is being settled. Some €520 million is disputed, which are verified as claims and accepted as claims at this point but have yet to be settled.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is the word.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: I believe there could be more than €600 million in claims signalled. This is really big beef. We are talking about big money if it is in addition to the figures we have here. We can ask the HSE the question next week. We will ask the secretariat to note this and request information from them. We will ask what the budget is and if it will be sufficient, particularly in light of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy's item is No. R1574 C. The three letters are fairly similar anyway.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes I agree.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am not aware. It was not in my time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can put it on the list for consideration.