Results 13,361-13,380 of 20,192 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Let us clarify that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is a valid question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: The income in 2021 alone was €266 million. We will ask how much is in the total pot now and clarify the situation with the restriction.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: That would be useful. Some local authorities may be more restricted than others.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I have seen local authority members deciding where it is spent. That has been my experience. We will seek clarification. Obviously, what happens varies from place to place. No. 1772 B, from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, dated 3 March, provides the information we requested regarding the final...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can take that proposal on board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: In the haste to do that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is Deputy Carthy's proposal agreed? Agreed. Correspondence No. 1773 B is again from Mr. Moloney, providing information we requested arising from our meeting with the regulator of the national lottery on 24 November. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Deputies Catherine Murphy and Carthy have flagged this matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy wish to reply?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy remember what the figure was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information. We should also request information about the policy on protecting online players. There were clearly breaches of it and the system to stop it failed on a number of occasions. I propose we write to the lottery regulator asking for clarification why there were no penalties issued for the breaches that occurred on a number of occasions. Members may...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: The effectiveness of the regulatory system in place was lacking. It did not seem to be cutting it. We looked for that information and we will see what comes back. If it is negative we try to ascertain what the reasons for that are. If everybody else is okay on the national lottery, we will move to No. 1776 from Darragh O'Loughlin, chief executive officer of the Irish Horseracing...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I suggest we also write to the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: We do not know whether or not someone in the Department provided sanction for this. If they did, why was that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. I would like the Secretary General's view on what has happened here though, as the Accounting Officer. Was the Secretary General aware of it? If not, what is the Secretary General's view of what happened and what has the Secretary General done to take the matter up with the IHRB?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not recall that one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will see what comes back from the Department. A letter went to it about this. Maybe we need to be more specific. I would certainly like to know what the criteria were in this case, because a difference of €115,000 is-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is even worse.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will see what the Department says in relation to that. I would be interested in examining it.