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Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: Briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy's time is up.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: I have a couple of brief questions for Mr. Walsh with regard to the board. There is a system and structure set up in law by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I understand that but I will just ask Mr. Walsh a couple of questions about it. There is a board of ten. The public ask us about this the whole time. As I understand it, the Minister appoints these members off the back of nominations...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: Who do the nine current members represent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: For the information of the meeting, is it correct that An Taisce nominates one member?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: With regard to An Taisce, while it is not an issue for An Bord Pleanála directly, from the point of view of the public, how does An Taisce select its person? How does one become a member of the board of An Taisce?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: I understand that. Is there an interview process for board members? Is one given an official appointment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: I have a final question with regard to the board. While I appreciate these may, to a certain extent, be beyond Mr. Walsh's remit, I will ask some questions which are often put to us in order to get some information. I will ask about instances where a board member may have a conflict of interest. If a local authority is making a decision on zoning, a member of that authority may be related...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: Let us say a conflict of interest becomes apparent. Is that recorded in a document somewhere?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Financial Statements of An Bord Pleanála (13 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: That concludes questions. I thank Mr. Dave Walsh, chairperson, Mr. Gerard Egan and Ms Anne Killian for answering a lot of wide-ranging questions. I thank them for providing information on a wide range of subjects. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and, as always, for assisting the committee in our work today. Is it agreed that the clerk to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (18 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the practice of bogus self-employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud (18 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that bogus self-employment practices have been in use in RTÉ and that a settlement has been made by RTÉ to the Revenue Commissioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken for persons that have had a driver theory test cancelled on three occasions (details supplied). [25563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Policy (20 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a strategy to develop a biomass sector to provide farmers with another income stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (20 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 55. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the introduction of a ban on below cost selling in the beef sector; and if he plans to take action to address same to ensure that farmers can receive a fair price for their produce. [26923/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address an anomaly in the SUSI grant scheme in circumstances in which a student applies initially as a dependent of their parents but subsequently gains a council tenancy and lives independently of their family. [26711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an anomaly in the SUSI grant scheme will be addressed in circumstances in which a student applies initially as a dependent of their parents but subsequently gets married during the period of their third-level education but is still assessed as a dependent of their parents. [26710/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: I raise with the Minister the driving test backlog. There are 12-month waiting lists for driving tests. I understand there was a safety issue with physical driving tests at the height of Covid but as we emerge from the pandemic, the Minister needs to provide staff to catch up. Approximately 100,000 people are waiting for driving tests. The Road Safety Authority sought 80 extra driver...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: When will we see action on these very difficult issues?

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Brian Stanley: The State has a responsibility to call out the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and the system of apartheid that that has enforced for over five decades. The world has looked on in horror at the barbaric violation of the basic human rights of Palestinians by Israel. The Israeli military onslaught has driven Palestinians out of their homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem...