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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services (22 Oct 2020)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses for joining us and for the information they have provided at today's meeting. A huge amount of information has been imparted and considering the short timeframe in which we are working the co-operation of witnesses and members is much appreciated. I also wish to thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee, as...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: I welcome this Bill and thank my colleagues for tabling it. Year after year, families and farmers across west Offaly have had to deal with the devastating effects of flooding along the Shannon. This is having a significant impact on residents in west Offaly and those trying to farm on the Shannon Callows. People from Clonmacnoise to Lusmagh have raised this issue with me. In 2020 alone,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made since June 2020 to put in place the refurbishment and new build project for the Abbeyleix Hospital [33284/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan has been developed for the future of services at Portlaoise Hospital which will include the continued provision of emergency department services [33283/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 515. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the requirement in level 5 Covid-19 restrictions for golf courses to be closed and to allow reopening of courses but not clubhouses in order to continue to protect public health. [33616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back-to-work enterprise scheme is reckoned as income in the calculations when a pandemic unemployment payment claim is processed for the different rates. [32314/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Slaughtering (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1402. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address funding issues of local authority services for inspections of local abattoirs. [33285/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Slaughtering (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1403. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to mitigate the economic effects on butcher shops in view of funding issues for local abattoir inspections. [33286/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1327. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department or the HSE has received from pharmaceutical companies in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [33163/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1328. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose for which the HSE and public hospitals are receiving money from pharmaceutical companies. [33164/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1329. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE has a policy on its staff and facilities receiving donations from pharmaceutical companies. [33165/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of breaches there have been of Part IV, regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Medicinal Products (Controls of Advertising) Regulations 2007; and the details of those breaches. [33166/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the response and enforcement of Part IV, regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Medicinal Products (Controls of Advertising) Regulations 2007. [33167/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions under section 32 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 under which Part IV, regulations 20, 21 and 22 of the Medicinal Products (Control of Advertising) Regulations 2008 were made. [33168/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1375. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made to fully reopen services such as speech and language, occupational physiotherapy and child psychology services. [30621/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: 1376. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to clear the backlog of those children that are waiting for speech and language, occupational therapy and child psychology services. [30622/20]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: We are joined remotely by the Comptroller and Auditor General Mr. Seamus McCarthy as a permanent witness to the committee. Apologies were received from Deputy Neasa Hourigan. The minutes of the meetings of the 21 and 22 October have been circulated. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As previously agreed, the minutes will be published. I now propose that we go into private session to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: Members are reminded of the provisions of Standing Order 218 that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government or the merits of the objectives of such policies. Members also are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: There is a clear case here that where a serious situation is rising again regarding the children's hospital and there are very few forums where this issue can be dealt with. The one forum where it can be dealt with is here and if a body within the Oireachtas wants to hopefully approve that, if they want to deny that request, let us see what happens but we need to test this. We cannot sit...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2020)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely. I call Deputy Colm Burke.