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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will look for that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is called pester power.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will seek that specific piece of information regarding gross remuneration. The other two proposals are to request a progress report by the end of September 2022 on each of the changes to the appropriation accounts proposed by the committee and include the matter on the agenda for our meeting with officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 19 May. Is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thought the reference to arrangements being in place for an effective knowledge transfer between the advisers and the core team within the Department was skimpy. Nevertheless, it has recruited an additional seven staff and is in the process of filling 14 additional posts. We might ask to be briefed on the timeline for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information and note and publish the item. No. 1141B is from Mr. Maurice Buckley, cathaoirleach of the OPW, dated 21 March, providing information requested by the committee on the security arrangements for private residences. It is proposed to note and publish the item and to request an explanation for the significant increase in expenditure from 2020 to 2021....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What I am not clear about is which type of measures the OPW is talking about. Do they relate to electronic equipment, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I do not want anything to be identified, but what types of officials stay in these private residences?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Officers and elected representatives.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Or employees of Government agencies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Presumably the Garda.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The fact the expenditure on the security of private residences during 2020 was only €213,000 and had increased for 2021 by 350%, to more than €700,000, shows that many of things happened last year. It is unfortunate those measures were required-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I hope those risks will reduce and sanity will prevail. In fairness, people are entitled to peace and a level of security within their family home. No. 1145B is from Ms Kirsten Mey, president of the University of Limerick, UL, dated 24 March, providing information requested by the committee regarding the KPMG review of UL's purchase of a site in Limerick city. The report remains subject...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Ms Mey states in her letter that she wishes to confirm that no further update is available in respect of the KPMG report because it is still under consideration by UL's legal advisers, but that she expects to be in a position to give an update in the coming weeks and will be in contact with this committee as soon as possible. I think we should wait and see what happens in the coming weeks....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The letter suggests we may have some further information before the meeting on 12 May. It is a much-awaited report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is agreed. The next category of correspondence is correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. No. 1152C is correspondence from Deputy Catherine Murphy dated 28 March. It is a request for the committee to make inquiries regarding MetroLink in Charlemont, Dublin 2. It is proposed to incorporate this inquiry into the request for further...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Does the Deputy wish to comment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is fine. No other items of correspondence have been flagged. The next issue is the work programme. On 7 April, we will continue our series of justice-related meetings with two engagements. We will examine the financial statements of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that morning and those of the Policing Authority that afternoon. At our meeting last week, we agreed...
- Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I welcome the legislation, which is long overdue. I brought forward a Bill in a previous Dáil in respect of return and reuse of waste. It is important that we have fairness in a just transition. That needs to be at the heart of climate action. Citizens need to play their part but we must also get big business and large multinationals to do their bit. We have to move away from the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Rubbish.