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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy okay with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will note that item. The next matter on the agenda is the work programme. Next week, we will commence a series of justice-related meetings. Engagements are confirmed with An Garda Síochána on 31 March, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission on the morning of 7 April and the Policing Authority that same afternoon. It is proposed to have separate speaking rotations...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I only saw the last 20 minutes of the programme because the Dáil adjourned late last night. Some of what was highlighted was scandalous. It shows a major fall-down. The thinking to date has been that local government is local government; it is separate. There is a local government auditor and there are audit committees on each local authority that are charged with overseeing these....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: At the moment we cannot do it, obviously, because it must come under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General but the discussion needs to happen about the possibility and the viability of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Everyone has spoken so far, including myself, is a former councillor. I have always felt that councillors can be busy. They are not full-time people. Spending is something that needs to be scrutinised and not when the thing is cooked and the budget is prepared and ready to go but rather during the budget process when it is being put together. Greater care also needs to be taken in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The wish from the committee, which I want to try to reflect, is that we have a meeting of the committee with the local government auditor and the representatives of the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, the AILG and the association of city and county managers, who are now referred to as chief executives. What we are talking about is an informal discussion in the first instance....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position of his Department on neutrality; and the definition of same by his Department. [13306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the commitment by his Department to the current position of the State on neutrality. [13307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the current procedures will be reviewed for injuries incurred on duty for prison officers (details supplied). [15554/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the completion date for the renovation works of the audiology facility in a service (details supplied); and the date for the resumption of services. [15726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that second-level students have an input into the just transition process and in particular in an organisation (details supplied). [15430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider making provision for representatives of a union (details supplied) to have an input into school boards of management. [15428/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (22 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the retained fire services’ staffing which included recruitment and retention of staff and the need for this to be addressed. [13822/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Minister will understand, coming from the education sector and given her job now, the different stages of planning, design and delivery of a school. There are a number of hurdles within the process and a number of stages that must be gone through. I ask that her officials give this priority. I acknowledge the Minister of State. She will be in the constituency, in Laois, on Friday and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the Acting Chairperson taking Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together? They are on the same issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for a school (details supplied) will be sufficient to provide a new building considering the level of inflation in the building sector. [13313/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will raise the issue of the Kolbe centre in Portlaoise, County Laois which is in urgent need of a new building. The Minister might outline the funding progress on that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister for her reply. I cannot emphasise enough the need for a new building. At present, this special school, which deals with children with very complex needs and serious levels of disability, has only one permanent bricks-and-mortar classroom. Everything else is prefabricated and some of it is in a very poor condition. It is not totally weatherproof, it is not soundproof...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Deputy McAuliffe sent his apologies and Deputy Catherine Murphy sent her apologies in regard to this afternoon's session. In order to limit the risk of spreading Covid-19, the Service encourages all members, visitors and witnesses to continue to wear a face mask when moving around the Leinster House campus and when in close proximity to other people. I...