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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Are we talking about a mixture of apartments and houses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Doyle come back to us with the exact costs, with details on the types of housing and the cost for each type? Some of them are one and two bedroom apartments. I am also interested in the Oscar Traynor Road site. Again, housing is needed but the problem is that on State-owned land, we are talking about €380,000 per unit.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: In terms of the cost to the State for units that are essentially on "free" land, that is, land that is owned by the State or the local authority, what is an acceptable figure from the Department's point of view for a three bedroom house, for example? What is the benchmark figure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: At this point, the figures are there because the deal is done and that is fair enough. There is a mixture of one, two and three bedroom units, some of which are apartments and some of which are houses. What I am trying to ascertain here is the cost to the State, via Dublin City Council or other local authorities, of each unit. What is the cost to the State of a one bedroom apartment? What...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I thank the witnesses from the Department for the work they are involved in and for their preparation for this meeting. It is a big Department with a considerable amount of work to do and we wish everyone well with that work. The witnesses heard a lot of concerns and suggestions from committee members this morning. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The business before us includes minutes of previous meetings, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, the work programme and any other business. The first business is the minutes of our meetings of 3 February and 10 February, which have been circulated to members. Do members wish to raise any matters related to the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Do members wish to comment? No. Is it agreed that we note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Moving to correspondence, as previously agreed, matters not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the number of the point to which the Deputy is referring?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: In relation to point No. 5, there is a short reply that those matters that the Deputy is referring to are before the High Court. It states: The decisions to issue these proceedings, rests with the [children's hospital board] and the contractor. A moratorium applying to conciliations and adjudications and High Court proceedings was agreed between [the two parties] and is ongoing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy proposing that we ask the Secretary General for a response on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: And on point No. 10?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Carthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: At present, there are 818 claims where there is a claimed value of €432.9 million. There are 688 of them where there are notices of dissatisfaction. They are still in dispute. That figure, we have to assume, can only go upwards. It would seem to be a substantial sum. We will look for replies on that. In relation to the issue of the confirmation as to who is responsible for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will look for that. The next item of correspondence is No. R1049. That is a letter from Mr. Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine dated 4 February 2022, providing information requested by the committee in relation to the awarding of a construction contract for Horse Sport Ireland. We also wrote to Sport Ireland in relation to this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will request that. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 1054B is from Judge Rory McCabe, the chairman of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, dated 8 February 2022. It provides the information that was requested by the committee regarding the impact of industrial relations issues in An Garda Síochána on GSOC’s investigations and aspects of its work that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is fine. No. 1061B is next. It is a copy of correspondence to the Ceann Comhairle from the president of the European Court of Auditors, dated 3 February, regarding the consultation on its 2023 work programmes. The body concerned is not accountable to the committee, nor has its consent been obtained to publish the correspondence. This was flagged by Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will put that question to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is proposed to note the item, although the body is not accountable to the committee, nor has consent been obtained to publish the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Next is 1064B, from Ms Vivienne Flood, head of public affairs, RTÉ, dated 9 February, which provides information requested by the committee arising from a meeting with RTÉ on 20 January. It includes...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: There has been a reply, in which they say that it is not possible for them to identify separately the cost of employees that are funded exclusively by the licence fee.