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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy for that. In the response received from the Secretary General, he sets out that it should be noted that in July, the Dáil passed a Supplementary Estimate for the Department to allocate €200 million to a new subhead, B13, in the energy transformation programme area to fund the purchase by EirGrid of additional temporary generation capacity, which included a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is just that it is a pity to see €40 million coming out of the retrofit fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is regrettable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Members will see that the remainder of the issues on which we asked for feedback are dealt with in the correspondence. No. R1474 is from Graham Doyle, Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and is dated 6 September. It provides information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with An Bord Pleanála on 14 July. It is proposed to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Our overly centralised State.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am at one with the Deputy on that, from the Opposition benches.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is more cumbersome, it has cost more money and it delays everything.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes, all together. It is not just that it costs extra money but also that people are forgotten about.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Regarding that report, there was also a response on today's correspondence list to recommendations in the committee's report on the 2019 appropriation account for Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government, and related financial matters. That is No. R1465, as members will see. Although it was not flagged, there are a number of issues members might wish to consider proposing that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Finally, regarding recommendation 4, there are a number of issues with the information provided, all of which relates to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. Three specific actions were recommended by the committee, which were as follows. The first one was to create a reference number for each property reported to the RTB as unregistered in order that the individual or individuals making...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: The response is watery.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: In conversation, we have gathered that the RTB has access to the data from the housing assistance payment, HAP, which is social protection. We could request the RTB to clarify whether it has full access to Revenue. The Department of Social Protection still pays rent supplement. Has it full access to the list of properties - obviously not all the information in the database - for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I suggest we seek clarity from the RTB regarding those four sources and any other databases it has access to, to try to ensure the accuracy of the registration system. The correspondence is under category C, related to private individuals and any other correspondence. The first is No. 1484 from Deputy Verona Murphy, dated 26 September. It is a request to the committee regarding the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned there is a forthcoming chapter concerning Revenue, VAT and e-commerce. Maybe we can use that as an avenue to address it. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 4 is the work programme. At last week’s meeting, we agreed to proceed with the following engagements: on 13 October, we have the Department of the Environment, Climate and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: If that is the only matter that members wish to raise, we will adjourn until next Thursday, when we will deal with the HSE's 2021 financial statements.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Welfare Services (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to raise with the Minister of State the need for local face-to-face community welfare officers. It is an important service and sometimes it is vulnerable people who need it most. They may have no transport, may have run out of money or may not be in receipt of any payment from anyone anywhere. They may be out of work or perhaps out of work due to ill health and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Welfare Services (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Unfortunately the reality in County Laois does not correspond with what he has outlined. Councillors from the Government parties raised this matter at the monthly meeting of Laois County Council last Monday and are very exercised about it. It is a real problem. I understand the Minister cannot be here and appreciate that the Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Welfare Services (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: And face to face. She has also raised that.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completed and commenced construction social housing units in counties Laois and Offaly in 2021 and 2022. [47233/22]