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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Was that done before the agreement was signed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: What if the agreement had not been signed? Would that money have gone down the tubes?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: I do not see reference to the pharmacy in the correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: The commercially sensitive part of it is that if the pharmacy is built, first of all, it is a very expensive pharmacy at €50 million.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Surely, they can tell us how much that costs. If the work is done, where is the commercial sensitivity? It is the same with the car park. If that was a separate budget for those enabling works in the car park, and there is roughly €50 million for the two of those, I cannot see any reason they cannot provide us with the cost of both of those projects if they were separate or even a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: I think it is a pharmacy and car park and ancillary works.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: There are a number of parts here, the first of which being that we will note and publish the correspondence in front of us. A number of issues have been raised, which, in no particular order, are the business case for the maternity hospital and the report published on the hospital that was built at Elm Park that is still completely vacant. There is also the breakdown of the figures...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. I will add to that the status of the tender at the moment and the clauses in it. I thank everybody for that very comprehensive discussion. The next item of correspondence is 1350B, from Mr. Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is dated 7 July. It provides information requested by this committee regarding the digitisation of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will ask those two questions. We will note and publish the item of correspondence. No. 1353 B is from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 11 July, providing information requested by the committee arising from a meeting with representatives of the Department on 19 May 2022. Information across a range of areas is included. Also...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Catherine Murphy for that contribution. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will note and publish this correspondence. We move to category C, correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. The first item is No. 1347 C from Deputy Catherine Murphy, dated 7 July, and provides information to the committee in the form of a response to a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to contribute? We will note and publish this correspondence and we will seek that extra information. Next is No. 1348 C, from me, and this is a proposal to include an engagement with representatives of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, in our work programme. We will be deciding on that programme, so I just want to flag this proposal and I do not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is agreed. Another option would be to examine both sets of accounts together in light of their related remit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: I ask members to wait until I go through them. If they want to add anything, I will let them back in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: On a separate day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy for that information. Following that, we will engage with the HSE to examine expenditure on mental health services. We may hold another meeting with the HSE to focus on expenditure on emergency services, in particular ambulance services. I suggest we firm up this. We definitely need to do an examination with the HSE of expenditure on emergency and ambulance services...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Jul 2022)
Brian Stanley: We have not received a response that gives us clarity. That is my memory of it.