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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Those reports are generally accepted. Maybe somebody else will dispute them. I have not sat down and spent nights and days reading through them either. The costs of this process have escalated into hundreds of millions of euro. The process issues a report after many years. It gets a day of coverage by the media, which is fair enough, since the media are doing their job. That is it, then...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: I suggest that, to start with, we write to the Department of the Taoiseach to express our concern about the escalating costs. We could firstly ask for how much has been paid for tribunals over the last two decades and what the expected final cost is. That is a simple question. There have been a number of tribunals.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Let us get it. I think, as the Committee of Public Accounts, that we need to apprise ourselves of how much has been paid for various tribunals and inquiries over the last 25 years. What are the expected final costs? The Moriarty tribunal is not fully paid for.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Can we write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for an updated figure and the expected final cost of inquiries and tribunals from the past 25 years, if that is going back far enough? We would at least have the facts. Then we can maybe see the options with regard to what has been happening. As a State, I do not think we can allow the situation to continue the way it is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: I am sure these matters are raised in other countries. Maybe they are worse at it than we are. Maybe some are better. Surely, in developed countries at least, there is a better way of dealing with these real or potential scandals?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It was set up for that purpose, to get away from the expensive tribunals, such as the Moriarty tribunal.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to get that figure. We can apply our minds to see if there are better ways to do this. We will write to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the first instance and get that figure. We can apply our minds to see if there are better ways of doing this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will adjourn until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 22 September when we will engage with Horse Racing Ireland. We have two matters to discuss in private session.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (21 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes deep retrofitting to date in 2022. [46241/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of the biomass industry here; and the involvement of his Department. [46242/22]
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Colm Burke. If attending from within the committee room or precincts of Leinster House, attendees are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others against the risk of contracting Covid-19. It is still with us, unfortunately. Members attending remotely must do so from within the...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Ms Eade is welcome to the meeting. I see from the letter of invitation that she has five minutes to give her opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Eade. Deputy Carthy is the first committee speaker. Each member has ten minutes, which will be followed by a second and third round of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: It is ongoing but, based on the answers to Deputy Carthy's questions, the State is in a weak position.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: The Deputy's time is up. There will be a second round of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: We will consider that for our report.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: There will be a second round of questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: The Deputy should be very quick.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022) Brian Stanley: To clarify, the payment has been agreed and paid.