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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: In plain English. The letter uses the type of language with which people in the contractor's office and the board's office are familiar. It is the language they use every day. I am more concerned after reading the letter than I was beforehand. In light of this week's news about the escalation of costs, we need to take a few actions. While we are being denied the real information we need,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I read the letter a number of times. I have seen other documents where explanations were given, but this letter is not helpful at all. It needs to come to us in plain language and spell out exactly what the board is talking about. We will ask about the other points as well, including those the Deputy just raised regarding the review. The next category of correspondence is correspondence...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay, but I think we need to deal with it then because we do not want to be-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is a serious matter, and it has come up again. When it came up previously, fairly definite answers were given in response to former Deputy Kate O'Connell at that meeting. It could be a serious matter so we will conclude on it and deal with it next week one way or the other. I thank Deputy Catherine Murphy for that. Moving on, at our meeting last week we also agreed to hold over No....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Obviously, we cannot get into the individual planning applications, but there was a group of them together and we have looked for a response from An Bord Pleanála. If the Deputy is happy with that, we will await the response.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Members are happy enough with that. No. 1584 C is correspondence from an individual, dated 19 November. It is a press release regarding Horse Sport Ireland and the role of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is proposed to note this item. Deputy Carthy has flagged the item for discussion. We can hold it until next week if members so wish or we can deal with it now....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the Department for that. Do you want to ask the Department about the potential cost estimate, Deputy?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I know that since this Benefacts issue has arisen it has been-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the Department to re-confirm that figure because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Benefacts was a very low-cost service in overall expenditure terms. The information it was able to provide was not very significant. We will ask for that. That concludes the correspondence for this week. Moving on to the work programme, we had a long discussion on this last week. The engagements scheduled to year end are as follows. Next week we will have two public engagements, so I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is basically that we do not all go away at Christmas without having fixtures in place for the new year because-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (1 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Members are happy enough with the schedule that has been set out. May I confirm agreement on that? It is agreed. That concludes consideration of our work programme for today. The final item is any other business on the public agenda members wish to raise. There is none. We will now go into private session before adjourning until next week, 8 December, when we will engage with the...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the people in the Public Gallery who are affected by building defects. They and homeowners across the State who are similarly impacted have been badly let down by successive Governments. Our proposal calls for support to finance a scheme for homes that require emergency works, with priority for those with the greatest fire risk and structural defects. I heard what the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to roll-out restorative programmes through the court system. [60546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Government is actively engaging with community employment scheme supervisors regarding pay and conditions; and, if so, when the process is due to be completed. [60200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (6 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will undertake a comprehensive review of economic crime, financial fraud and scamming given the increased prevalence of economic crime arising online and through digital technology, and its growing threat to consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47355/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Dillon. If attending in the committee room, attendees are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others against the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members of the committee attending remotely must do so from within the precincts of the Parliament. This is due to the constitutional...

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Mr Cody is welcome back to the committee. As detailed in his letter of invitation, he has five minutes to make an opening statement. I am reminding him of the time limit as we want to get the meeting moving.

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will stop Mr. Cody there. Everyone has read the opening statement. Can Mr. Cody make his concluding remarks?

Public Accounts Committee: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 15 - Collection of VAT on e-Commerce
Chapter 16 - Revenue's Suspension of Periodic Reviews of Tax Clearance Certificates
Chapter 17 - Overstatement of Certain Unallocated Tax Deposits (8 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I will bear with Mr. Cody.