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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Brian Stanley: It has been reported as well that some of that is related. I know it was reported that State agencies were often targeted. In terms of State agencies, the political arena and various other sectors, would part of that involve the internal security in An Garda Síochána as well? From the point of view a government that would want to collect information, obviously targeting the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Brian Stanley: Okay. Has Commissioner sufficient resources on an ongoing basis?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (31 Mar 2022) Brian Stanley: I thank the Commissioner for that. I thank the witnesses, staff and the official from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for attending. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for assisting and attending today's meeting as well. Is it agreed that we request the clerk to the committee to seek any follow-up information and carry out actions agreed at...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The minutes of the meeting on 24 March is the first business. They were circulated to members. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. They will be published as usual. The next business is accounts and financial statements. Five sets of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: If it goes over six months, I think, was that it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Do any members want to comment on any of them? Are they happy with them? Okay, we will ask for an explanation of that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Comptroller and Auditor General has been giving clear audition opinions on the accounts of the North-South bodies their accounts so far.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Which is good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is good considering there are two jurisdictions. Can we agree and note the accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for that information. Can we agree and note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, the accounts and statements will be published as part of our minutes. The next business is correspondence. As previously agreed, items that are not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will request the information Deputy Carthy mentioned. His proposal for 2021 is that the exact amount is included in respect of the net remuneration received by the Secretary General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Carthy's proposal is that we get a note on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, "consider" can mean a lot of things.
- 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....