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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The old Radio Centre is still being used. Doe RTÉ intend to keep that building operational? I have a particular interest in the orchestra studio as it is the only recording studio of that type in the country. Will RTÉ ensure that it will remain operational into the future?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I concur and it is not acceptable that the Department is essentially refusing to provide information on the basis that this is going to the board of the paediatric hospital. Of course, we will get the information from whatever source we can but we must be confident there will be robust oversight by the lead Department. On a number of occasions we have discussed the huge increases in costs...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a broader point I want to raise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: We can deal with the questions in a substantive manner then. My point relates to the figures we have seen on the targets for electrification of passenger cars. Obviously, there is a broader debate about our climate action obligations and that is all well and good, but the Committee of Public Accounts will have to have a view over a period, including with a review of this in the form of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The figures outlined in the documentation suggest that, between now and 2025, the total number of new electric vehicles will increase to 170,000. From 2025 to 2030, the figure will increase to 845,000 vehicles, or an average of 134,000 per year in those five years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: The point I was making is a broader one. The committee might carry out long-term work on the value-for-money aspect of the State or Exchequer subsidising somebody who, perhaps, has access to public transport to purchase a brand new car while people in other parts of the country cannot afford a brand new car and have no access to public transport. They are, essentially, paying towards those...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I agree with everything that has been said. I believe the dispute is incredibly serious. Of course, any group of workers can take a stand when required, but essentially we have an indication from GSOC that senior gardaí are refusing to engage with it on alleged breaches of discipline within the force. I concur entirely with Deputy Murphy that this would put a serious question over how...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: No, I am happy to leave it until next week.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Many of the questions that arise can be dealt with during our future engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. There is clearly a policy issue here. We can see that some counties are being particularly badly served in terms of foreign direct investment, FDI. My home county of Monaghan, across 2019 and 2020, saw the creation of an additional ten jobs through FDI,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: On a future date, we might also include the IDA.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: There is a reason that one third of the population lives there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I will believe it when I see it in terms of what good progress indicates. The Chairman mentioned that it will require goodwill. It will also require common decency. The State is overpaying, essentially, and, at the end of the day, the people who foot the bill for that are ordinary workers and taxpayers. We need to continue to monitor this because, as Deputy Devlin said, this has gone on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: May I ask a question about our meeting on 10 February?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Have invitations issued to NBI and the Department and have they accepted them yet?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Good.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have an issue to raise.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: Deputy Munster came in ahead of me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: I would like our committee to get in touch with the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Public Expenditure and Reform to ask for the rationale behind the decision to award a salary package to the new CEO of Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, that is worth more than €52,000 above the agreed rate. The CEO's starting salary was initially set at €137,356. Reportedly, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: And the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My understanding is that a request was made by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and signed off on by the other Department.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Carthy: 27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary costs associated with the secretary general of each Department in 2021. [1748/22]