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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions that the Government and his Department are taking to address the regional imbalance with FDI investment and employment. [62028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department’s senior officials had discussions with the IDA regarding the lack of progress in counties Laois and Offaly in therms of the location of multinational companies in the region. [62029/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the criteria for the awarding of medals of merit to the staff of the Irish Prison Service. [62047/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if similar criteria apply to awarding medals of merit to prison staff as in the case of An Garda Síochána; and if not, if she will explain the rationale. [62048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the procedures for the dismissal of a staff member of the prison service, in particular, if she will state the person or body that should issue the notice; and the records and copies of documents of dismissals that are kept by her Department. [62050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove land that has been actively farmed from liability for the vacant zoned land tax; and if his Department is reviewing this. [62907/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. No apologies have been received. 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 Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional requirement that, to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: The reason we set it out within that framework of eight different sections was in order to make it easy for witnesses coming in. We understand there is a lot of preparation work for the Accounting Officer coming in but the fact is that we do not have it here this morning. The OPW has a large brief and a large budget, and there is no argument with that. We are anxious that when Accounting...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. I will move on. I call on the Comptroller and Auditor General to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. As detailed in his letter of invitation, Mr. Buckley has five minutes for his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Buckley.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Deputy to treat the witnesses with respect.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: I invite Mr. Buckley to respond briefly to that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Let the witness respond.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: He will respond to both.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Can we be kept up to date on that particular issue, that payment and what progress is being made with it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has gone over time. He can ask one question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Ms Mulvihill is an official who is here to represent the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Can Ms Mulvihill reply to the Deputy's question about Government contracts? I ask, as Mr. O'Connor has said that the issue was raised with her Department last June.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes, I thank Ms Mulvihill..