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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I understand that funding for mental health services constitutes 6% of the overall health budget. In accordance with international best practice, that should be increasing to 11% or 12%. I just note that. I will go through the schedule and we may have an opportunity to slot in this proposed session. We have meetings arranged already and people-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: If the Deputy will allow me, I will run through what is scheduled already. That is the best thing to do, and may be helpful. Several difficulties arise when trying to schedule meetings. As we have seen over the last year and a half, we can have difficulty scheduling meetings with representatives from organisations because of availability, diary conflicts or the time needed to prepare. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We could schedule it for a full session on 10 March. To get a proper hearing, we will have to have the witnesses before us in the morning also. If it is an important issue for us - I think that is accepted - we do not want it to be pushed onto the tail end of the day. That would not do it justice, for want of a better term. I suggest we try to slot in the meeting for 10 March and push...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It creates difficulties for administration.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It does create problems, although I will not get into that now. It is not open to the clerk to the committee to contribute right now but dealing with two issues in one day would create difficulties and I am conscious of that. We need to be realistic about what we can cover. The preparation for a meeting in any given week is considerable, as members will know from the work they put into...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I would suggest that is not a bad option but I want to allow the secretariat to comment and I cannot do that in public session. Provisionally, there is a suggestion we go with that. It is widely recognised that what the Deputy has proposed is worthy and needs to be dealt with as an urgent issue. I ask her to bear with us until we deal with the rest of the meetings. I think she will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask members to be helpful on this. I will return to it soon, given it will not take very long if we allow it to happen. There was a suggestion that we would have two meetings but that would add a further complication. I ask members to bear with me while we nail this down conclusively. I qualify this by saying that, if we decide to take 10 March as the meeting on mental health and if we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to bring a proposal to Cabinet to reduce third-level fees as part of a sustainable funding model for higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 761. To ask the Minister for Health if the refurbished unit 2 of Abbeyleix Hospital which is designated for 18 acute beds will be staffed by multi-task assistants and healthcare assistants who have been based in the Abbeyleix facility. [6568/22]

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Solidarity-People Before Profit for putting this motion forward. We in Sinn Féin have consistently called on consecutive Governments to introduce a living wage for workers. A living wage has been outlined as the absolute minimum required for a single person working full time to live with any kind of dignity. In 2019, a Sinn Féin motion calling for a living wage was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: On page 86 of the programme for Government there is a commitment to having a Prison Service that provides secure custody. On 23 October 2020, a civilian entered the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise in the company of a senior official and was identified as an Irish Prison Service, IPS, official. That person was signed in at the gate as an IPS official. The person entered the search area and I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I have a copy of the signature given at the gate lodge.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: This matter has not been examined properly and it is serious. The Taoiseach should be in no doubt about that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Taoiseach to examine the matter and revert to me about it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The rules were broken.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yesterday's response was false.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Verona Murphy. I begin by welcoming witnesses and members to the meeting. While Covid-19 restrictions are receding, and while it is open to members and witnesses to attend meetings in person, I ask that they continue to use face coverings. When addressing the committee, face coverings can be removed. Members of the committee who are attending...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I must stop Mr. Hendrick there. His script is available to members, and they have read the rest of it. The lead speaker this morning is Deputy O'Connor. He has swapped with Deputy Devlin. Deputy O'Connor has 15 minutes and the other speakers will each have ten. I will give the Deputy a reminder after 12 minutes. We will break for ten minutes at 11 a.m. approximately.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Carroll MacNeill.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
National Broadband Plan Expenditure and Related Matters (10 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I think the question he is asking is a very direct question, that is, how many homes are passed now at this minute?