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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Reid, can I just say that the front-line staff in the ambulance service are doing tremendous work. They are making huge efforts. They are highly trained and they are more skilled than they were in years gone by. I can see those improvements. We appreciate those improvements. I am saying that there are problems with the system. I hear this from ambulance crews, from people who are...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. I call on Deputy Matt Carthy, who has three minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms O'Connor for her reply. Before we conclude, I will revert to the issue of the ambulances for a moment, although only briefly because we are up against the clock. On Mr. Reid's point about visiting a centre, I have no problem doing that. I am sure that, when I go to a call centre - there is one in Tallaght and another in Ballyshannon - that I will see that it works efficiently,...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I agree fully with Mr. Reid's remarks on the staff. Deputy Verona Murphy has asked a question that I ask our guests to take away with them. She is seeking details on the 465 ventilators that were received, when they were sent to India, whether any payment was received, what is proposed for the remaining 100 ventilators and the cost-effectiveness of storing the remaining ventilators. I do...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flexible Work Practices (9 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if the criteria for the working from home allowance will be reviewed given that those who availed of the help to buy scheme to purchase their home in 2020 are currently precluded from it. [41644/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Land Issues (9 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 891. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to regulate the height of boundary hedges and trees growing on boundaries between private gardens and adjoining properties. [41922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call for the European Union to enforce a temporary TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver on Covid-19 vaccines. [43364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (15 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered adopting the economic model of community wealth building which has been successful in Ayrshire, Scotland and Preston, England. [43363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to put an adequate broadband service in place for a school (details supplied). [44389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Infrastructure (16 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to get a broadband connection for a school (details supplied). [44421/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I commend Deputy Eoin Ó Broin on bringing it forward. The facts are that consecutive Governments have failed to provide affordable homes across the country on the scale that is required to address the housing crisis. There has not been one single affordable home delivered in Laois-Offaly in almost 15 years and there does not appear to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Members are all very welcome to the meeting. We have received no apologies. As we return to participating at committee meetings in person, I ask members and all in attendance to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. They are strongly advised to leave at least one vacant seat between themselves and others attending and to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: With regard to number 28, which is Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, the Comptroller and Auditor General notes that attention is drawn to significant non-compliant procurement. The budget for 2020 was €852 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: What is the amount of the significant non-compliant procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Is that for a specific item or is it across several items?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I propose that we ask the clerk to the committee to seek that information from Tusla because it is a significant amount. Deputy Catherine Murphy wishes to raise an issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Deputies Devlin and Catherine Murphy are present in the committee room. I expected to see more people present in the room because all are eager to get back in. I am eager to have people in the room but we have a hybrid model this morning, so some members are in their own rooms.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We can come back to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We have a standard practice for the ones over €500,000. That is below €500,000 but we will ask the clerk to get some specific information on that contract with the NTA. Is that okay?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Devlin. I am watching the time because we have over 40 pieces of flagged correspondence this morning and we have an hour and 35 or 40 minutes left.