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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: That is interesting. During the Covid-19 period, that could be understood. However, we need an explanation for this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: In the case of the venue, if there was only one venue that would cater for-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Whatever it was, we will get answers on this and on the other issues. Can we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Moving on to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will be dealt with in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Just for information purposes, this came in, as I understand it, on the last working day of last week, that is, Friday, 28 June at 7 p.m.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Look, we have it. RTÉ has come back to us. The response is fairly comprehensive, but there are some questions around it that are legitimate. We need to go back on them. The Deputy is correct on that. She had something else to say on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are a couple of major parts to it, the first one being the level of outsourcing. Then there is decentralisation, which means moving to other locations. Both have huge implications for staff. Obviously, day-to-day management, HR and all that is not our business, but it is important for the director general and the management team not just to tell the workers what is happening but also...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Senior management.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: We have been following the question of bogus self-employment for a number of years during this Dáil term, including during Covid when it was more difficult. Between the Deputy, me and others, I think we have raised it in every one of the nine meetings. It is important we follow through on that. RTÉ gave us an outline of what is happening. Out of the 168 investigations carried...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: RTÉ is only listing the ones that were carried out and presumably completed by the scope section of the Department of Social Protection. It is only referring to those ones. I would say there must be hundreds more in there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I think it has increased somewhat.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Maybe the suggestion on outsourcing and decentralisation is that we correspond with the board to emphasise our concerns regarding the effects this will have on low- and middle-ranking workers in RTÉ. We cannot directly interfere in anything like that, but the committee is concerned at the level of engagement with the workers and we would like to see active engagement with them...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes. There are three issues between the bogus self-employment and those two.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes. About that specific one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Class S is self-employed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay, we will request that of the Department of Social Protection as well. Thanks for that. Next is No. R2698 from Mr. Michael Sheahan of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, dated 20 June 2024. It provides follow-up information to the committee in relation to issues raised at the meeting of 20 June. It is proposed we note and publish this item with the email address...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I think the Deputy indicated she did not want to come in on it, but if she does she should feel free. I am sorry, it is this one she wanted to come in on, not the bovine TB one. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Okay, the Deputy is happy enough with that. No. R2698 gives the figures for horses slaughtered anyway. There has been a slight reduction. It went from 2,256 four years ago to 1,987 last year. The interesting thing about it is it sets out that "in a slaughter plant killing and related operations can only be [carried] out by persons with the appropriate level of competence”. It also...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is not adequate. It is even more concerning that the designated animal welfare officer can be an employee or, I presume, part owner of a slaughterhouse and can declare that they have "committed no serious infringement of EU or national law on the protection of animals [and animal welfare] in the three years preceding the date of application for such a certificate". I find that...