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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is what she is looking for in No. 1366. Is she happy enough with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next one is No. 1435, dated 31 August 2022, from an individual. It is further correspondence to the committee with regard to industrial relations matters arising from the individual's employment. We considered related correspondence at our meeting on 14 June. Given the matters raised were subject to ongoing proceedings, it was agreed that we would advise the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We are not dealing with it. An adjudication process is going on and we need to be careful of that. We should advise the correspondent that, because there are ongoing proceedings and judgments will be made on this, it would be inappropriate for us to get involved at this stage. Would it be in order for us to ask the body concerned, that is, the other party to this, if it wishes to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: No. The other party. Would it be in order for us to ask Citizens Information Centres for a response?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I suggest that we inform the correspondent of No. 1435-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: We agreed we would restate that position when it was concluded.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: However, I propose we add that when the matter is concluded, the committee may be open to re-examining the matter. That is as far as we could go with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will add that we may wish to examine it at the point where those proceedings are concluded. That is as far as we can go on No. 1435. I will now deal with overdue correspondence. It was noted last week the secretariat reviewed the committee's sent correspondence to various bodies over the summer to ensure that all of the committee's requests for information from different bodies that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Does the Deputy wish to take anything off the list?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Unless we have already got the information or the case is no longer relevant. If the Deputy see something that is not relevant, it can be pulled. It saves the secretariat the job of chasing it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: That would be-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. It relates to CCTV.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the longest period we are looking at for overdue responses? Some correspondence dates from February.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Any particular body or Department that is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General is responsible to the Committee of Public Accounts. Such bodies have an obligation to respond to us because the committee has the power to send for papers or, in other words, to request papers and documents. I count it as a breach of the Civil Service code if they do not respond.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Possibly, but not all of them are civil servants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Some of them may be public servants as opposed to civil servants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I suggest that we ask for a view on that from the parliamentary legal people.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We will request information from them regarding a body that is accountable to the committee that is not responding within a reasonable timeframe, or where there are persistent delays or obstruction. We will ask the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers to give us a view on that. Is that all right?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: In fairness, the secretariat puts in a lot of work chasing this stuff after meetings. As Deputies saw, keeping track of it can be difficult. Certainly, the secretariat keeps on it. If anything else comes up, the Deputy can raise it. The next issue is the work programme. Following agreement last week regarding meetings, availability has been confirmed for the following engagements - the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that are being taken to encourage additional production of wood pellets in view of the fact that the supply of pellets is reduced and the retail price is at an all-time high [46470/22]