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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Who would hold it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The legislation is there but Government has not activated it yet.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Again, I do not want to put words in Mr. Byrne's mouth, but from what he said in the documentation, he indicated strongly that he would strongly favour a deposit retention scheme.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Does Mr. Byrne agree that, considering the largest area of complaints to the RTB is disputes, it is an area that needs to be addressed by Government?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I understand there might be justifiable reasons and that can be complex. However, where tenants have deposits withheld even though they feel they have done everything correctly during the term of the tenancy, including, as I have seen with long-term tenants, where there were no breakages and only literally the normal wear and tear over a number of years, and they need the deposits to move on...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The fee for an ordinary tenancy in €90. Was there a mention of that being reduced to €40? Why would we do that? At the moment, the RTB is not self-financing. Some 40% of its funding comes from the Exchequer. The RTB is bringing in roughly just over 60%. Why is the RTB looking for it to be reduced or is it looking for it to be reduced?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the €90 an annual fee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: So the €40 will be annual?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. It is €40 for students for the life of the tenancy, which tends to be short term anyway. At the moment it is €40 for a tenant student accommodation unit.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Residential Tenancies Board - Financial Statements 2020 (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: With the inspection regime, the best people to do it are the local authorities. They need to be resourced. At the moment they receive some money from the Department I believe it is a contra item. I note that they get a payment from the Department for it. Virtual inspections are fantasy land. With a virtual inspection one can get answers over the phone, or a video or whatever. I am not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us is as follows: the minutes; accounts and financial statements; correspondence; the work programme; and any other business. The first item of business is the minutes of our meeting of 17 February, which have been circulated to members. Does any member wish to raise matters in respect of the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Regarding the Health Research Board, HRB, an issue that arises regularly where health bodies are concerned has to do with accounts giving a true and fair view except for the account for the cost of retirement benefits, which are only shown as they become payable, and there is a standard for that. Are we notifying those bodies to change their approach? This is the second year the figure has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: What Mr. McCarthy is saying is that the costs, as they accrue, should be-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Do we agree to note the statement?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: As usual, the list of the accounts and the financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Moving to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been circulated, and decisions taken by the committee in relation to correspondence are recorded...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Do other members wish to come in? If not, the only other thing that I see is the claims information up to the end of January of this year. The total value of substantiated claims and adjustments issued for determination is €554 million, which is a huge sum, but the employer’s representatives determined the claims and adjustments issued by the contractor and they have been put...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The clerk is clear on that. The next item is No. 1079 from the Government Accounting Unit, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 16 February 2022, enclosing the minute of the Minister in relation to the Committee of Public Accounts reports regarding our examination of the 2019 appropriation accounts of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Housing, Planning...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The wise thing, given people are seeing these for the first time, is that they be circulated for next week's meeting and we would come back to it then. Deputy Carthy, who is not present, has flagged it. We will put it on next week's agenda. The next item is No. 1082 from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Justice, dated 16 February 2022 providing information requested by...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It states that the report has been received by the individuals and that they passed the correspondence to their legal adviser, who has been advised not to circulate the report until the contents of the letter are reviewed and responded to. They are currently in the process of seeking a view from KPMG and expect this in the next week or so, at which point the legal advice will be updated. In...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We have scheduled a session with UL and the Deputy will see that on the work programme. A number of us are concerned, among many issues, about that particular issue regarding the city centre site.