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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am not aware of this but we will get clarification from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on those two matters. It is important that we do so. That other person might have been in a different body, perhaps a health-related body.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: No, I do not think so but I do not want to venture there because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: That it is particularly so when they move into an area related to their work here. That is fine. There is one other matter in respect of correspondence. It has not been flagged for consideration but I just want to mention a response we have received from St. James's Hospital, No. R1534B, dated 19 October. It concerns a request for an explanation of non-compliant procurement. The reply...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The full tendering process still applies. They would have to do the same thing. We will get the secretariat to write back to seek a full explanation of that. Is that agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is agreed. That concludes our consideration of correspondence. Moving onto the work programme, there are five public hearings between now and Christmas. Next week, on 17 November, the Department of Finance is to come before us. On 24 November, we have the Regulator of the National Lottery. We have two public engagements on 1 December. In the morning we have an engagement with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Next week's meeting with the Department of Finance is a big one. If there are specific areas on which members wish to raise matters - they may come to mind over the coming days - I suggest they notify the clerk, who will flag them with the Department of Finance and its Secretary General for when they come in. That concludes consideration of the work programme for today. The last item on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (10 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a refundable tax credit equivalent to one month’s rent for struggling renters in budget 2023 in light of deepening unaffordability in the rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47356/22]

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this. The proposals being put forward by Sinn Féin are to address the retention crisis, particularly in the retained firefighter sector. This is a matter the Minister must address. We do not have time on our side. Correspondence from the National Retained Firefighters Association outlines that the current staffing level is now at crisis point....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I raise the issue of primary care centres. As the Tánaiste knows, people are presenting at hospital emergency departments because they cannot get access to a GP or primary care services. The population of towns like Portlaoise has increased, and there is no primary care centre in the town despite the population is heading towards 30,000. There is also a shortage of GPs. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I do not have any in my constituency.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Tánaiste has three.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Perhaps the Tánaiste would send that on to me.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the proposed changes to section 6 of the Finance Act 2019 regarding benefit-in-kind, given that the changes will impact negatively on many low and middle-income workers. [57166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make provision for those on illness benefit to receive a double week's payment in December 2022, and for them to be included in the cost-of-living measures introduced by the Government to alleviate some of the inflationary pressures [57191/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. We have received apologies from Deputies Kelly and Carthy. If attending from within the committee room, attendees are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risks of Covid-19. Members of the committee attending remotely must continue to do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Mr. Hogan has five minutes to deliver his opening statement. At nine pages, it is quite long. In the circumstances, I ask him to please summarise it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Hogan.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: Could the motor tax figure requested be obtained before the end of the meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: On the board positions, five is the minimum required and there are three. Two rounds of advertising were done. Is there further advertising at present to get the additional two?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2021
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2021
Chapter 2 - Net Cost of Banking Stabilisation Measures
Chapter 22 - Ireland Apple Escrow Fund (17 Nov 2022)

Brian Stanley: We are not able to ascertain how much money from that goes to the transport-----