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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: RTÉ is not directly accountable to us because it is a semi-State commercial company. However, we have asked. If it wants to refuse, it can refuse. In fairness it has not refused in the past. A new CEO is in place. I heard something this week about it, but I cannot remember the name.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is it. We wish him well in the job. We can certainly put a meeting with him on the work programme. There is an immediate issue. I have a view on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: We can put a meeting with him on the work programme. If the Deputy wants to address any issue with him through correspondence for clarification, that can also be done. It is the free-to-air argument around sports. Its parent Department is coming before the committee so we could invite a representative of RTÉ on the same day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is happy enough with that. We have met with them about finance, governance, self-employment and so on. Some headway has been made with all of that, but if we need to invite them again on those or related matters, I certainly would be up for it. The last item on the agenda is any other business. Do any members wish to raise any other matter before we move briefly into private...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide assurances that the N80 Mountmellick bypass will be prioritised for funding in any review and included in the next phase of the national development plan. [21309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will raise with his senior officials and Transport Infrastructure Ireland the critical situation with the Mountmellick road N80 in Portlaoise town, which needs cycles lanes, three roundabouts and road safety measures, as identified by an expert group and Laois County Council. [21310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (9 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve the capacity for genetic testing to identify rare diseases. [21673/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is misleading the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Misleading the Dáil again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Tell the truth. Time to move aside.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: One year later.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Misleading.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Members of the committee attending remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. As they will know, this is due the constitutional requirement that to participate in public meetings, members must be physically present within the confines of the Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, is a permanent witness and is accompanied today by Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy is asking a direct question. We have clarified that the item was not on the agenda. Was the item tagged on, under AOB, at the end of the meeting: "Yes" or "No"? That is the question the Deputy is asking. It is a very direct question.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Just to clarify, the former deputy president-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: The former president; thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Can anybody answer that question?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: There was a proposal brought before the governing authority on the day before, under AOB, to spend €8.3 million on a building which was registered on the derelict sites register. What the Deputy is trying to find out, and what the committee wants to know, is whether there was a quantity surveyor's report, an architect's report, an engineer's report, or a technical report of any kind....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will state what we are trying to find out and will give the Deputy an extra couple of minutes. At the point at which the proposal was brought before the governing authority, was technical assessment carried out, whether an architect's report, a quantity surveyor's report or an engineer's report?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021: University of Limerick (18 May 2023)

Brian Stanley: Was there a professional valuation? That is the question the Deputy is asking.