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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I wish to raise with the Taoiseach the fact that massive wind turbines are still being built across the country. They are up to 600 ft in height and are being built on sites very close to dwellings. They are being built using outdated 2006 guidelines that were designed to cover small turbines of less than 50 m in height. The way things are going, the Laois and Offaly area will soon become...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: -----to finalise and publish the revised Guidelines as quickly as possible." The problem is that the Government is closing the barn door when the horse has bolted.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I am almost finished. We need proper regulations. We saw what happened with Wild West-style development with housing and we are still dealing with the economic consequences of that. I appeal to the Taoiseach to ensure that wind turbine guidelines and regulations are put in place. When will we see that being delivered?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: They have had eight years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Catherine Murphy. We are joined remotely by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness. I welcome everyone online to the meeting. Due to the current situation with Covid-19 only the clerk, the support staff and I are in the committee room. Members are attending remotely from within the precincts of Leinster...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Mr. McCarthy mentioned with regard to Údarás na Gaeltachta that the matter he is concerned about relates to an industrial property. Where was the industrial property? The estimated cost for refurbishment, if I heard Mr. McCarthy correctly, was €1.2 million but subsequently it cost in the region of €3 million. Will Mr. McCarthy give us a little bit more detail about this?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: As normal, we will write to Dundalk Institute of Technology regarding the late review of the internal control which, as the Comptroller and Auditor General outlined, should have happened within a three-month period. I will ask the clerk to write to Dundalk Institute of Technology regarding this. Are the accounting statements agreed? Agreed. They will be published as part of the minutes....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to come in on this. We have addressed this issue of the absence of a centralised procurement model within the HSE a number of times. It is something that has been promised, and deadlines have been missed or, more correctly, targets to have it in place have been pushed out further and further.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Thank you for that, Mr. McCarthy. I take it that Beaumont and St. James's are the two hospitals the Comptroller and Auditor General audits. The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, St. Vincent's University Hospital and Tallaght Hospital are voluntary hospitals, as I understand it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: While we are looking at Beaumont Hospital, there was a public tendering procedure conducted in 43 cases in Beaumont Hospital in 2020, whereas in Tallaght Hospital, which is quite a large hospital, the figure is only six. Deputy Carthy, could you restate your proposal? That we write to-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Is that agreed? Mr. McCarthy signalled to come back in again.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the clerk to issue that correspondence to the HSE and we will take the matter from there. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 621B is from Ms Vivienne Flood, head of public affairs, RTÉ, dated 28 May 2021, providing information requested by the committee arising from the Committee of Public Accounts meeting of 27 April 2021. At our meeting of 15 June we agreed to note and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: We will check that and come back to the Deputy on it. Is that okay?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: We have to check it on the system. Do you have any other questions or issues you wish to raise?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. I call Deputy Carthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: To reply to Deputy Munster, we wrote to RTÉ seeking these figures on 14 May. Subsequently, we followed it up with further correspondence seeking that, but it has not given the figures. It is disappointing that it has not, given that it is the public broadcaster. We are not dealing with a fiefdom here or with a private company that is beyond the reach of the Committee of Public...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: We wrote to RTÉ again on 8 June and we are awaiting a response to that. We have not received it to date.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: I have a question for the Comptroller and Auditor General. What the Deputy is saying about bringing it to the attention of the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, would be worthwhile. Can the Comptroller and Auditor General clarify if it is possible for us to question this with the Revenue Commissioners? If a settlement was made with the Revenue Commissioners, can we question them?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Obviously, we would not expect to get the details of any individual, but you are saying they possibly would be reluctant to give them in respect of a particular corporate body.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay.