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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Or Dáil Deputies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I understand that. Equally, though, I must tell Mr. Algeo that I have never been very good at having my name pulled out of a hat. This is being truthful.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: No. I assure the Deputy I do not. My point is that I find it unusual that the names of four members of this committee were pulled out of the hat in respect of a random survey of the public, which included politicians and anybody else. Four members of this committee were contacted. We have confirmed that four of those present were contacted, at least, and perhaps there may have been one or...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Carthy to ask one brief question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: The point the Deputy was making is that if PLI wishes to publish it, it can do so.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: There is a difference here. The regulator's accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and through that, it is accountable to this committee. PLI is a private company. There is a difference.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I know that and the Deputy is entitled to do that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: That concludes the questions. I thank Mr. Murphy and Mr. Algeo for attending and the staff of PLI for assisting the committee in preparing for today's meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee. Is it agreed that we will seek any follow-up information and carry out any actions? Agreed. Is it also agreed that we note...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: We can do that. At our next meeting, at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 15 December 2022, we will engage with the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the need for primary care centres in Portlaoise; and if he will outline his plans, if any, in this regard. [61421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on plans for a major extension of, and recruitment for, the health centre in Mountrath, County Laois. [61422/22]

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the people in the Public Gallery who are affected by building defects. They and homeowners across the State who are similarly impacted have been badly let down by successive Governments. Our proposal calls for support to finance a scheme for homes that require emergency works, with priority for those with the greatest fire risk and structural defects. I heard what the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to roll-out restorative programmes through the court system. [60546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government is actively engaging with community employment scheme supervisors regarding pay and conditions; and, if so, when the process is due to be completed. [60200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased prevalence of economic crime arising online and through digital technology, and its growing threat to consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47355/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. No apologies have been received. If attending in the committee room, attendees are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others against the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members attending remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional requirement that, to participate in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Mr. McKeon has five minutes to make his opening statement. It is quite long with eight pages in it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Mr. McKeon might summarise. I have certainly read it as I am sure the other members have.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection - Social Insurance Fund 2021
Chapter 10: Regularity of social welfare payments
Chapter 11: The recovery of benefit and assistance payments following compensation awards
Chapter 14: Classification of workers for PRSI purposes (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I acknowledge that the work of the Department over the past two and a half years has been extraordinarily good. Covid and the war in Ukraine have brought added pressures along with cost-of-living issues.