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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information. I noticed yesterday that the correspondence refers to Portlaoise high security prison but the itemised table therein refers to the Portlaoise campus. The latter would generally be taken as referring to the Midlands Prison, which is adjacent and has approximately 800 prisoners, with slightly fewer in the expanded version of the old Portlaoise prison....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for that breakdown along with clarification on the points raised by Deputy Murphy. No. 1922B is from Mr. John Kelly, corporate secretary at the University of Limerick. It is dated 31 May and provides an update regarding the request of the committee in respect of the McKenna report. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Do members wish to comment on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Is it agreed that we will request that information? We will ask for the view of the Department on the report. I thought the Data Protection Commissioner would be more involved than a private consultancy on this matter. Maybe I am missing something.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The point I am making is that the Data Protection Commission, rather than a private consultancy firm, is the final arbiter on this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the Department for its take on the report carried out by the consultancy firm.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. The next item is No. 1924B. Members will recall that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently appeared before the committee. This item is from Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of that Department. It is dated 1 June and provides information requested by the committee arising from its meeting with the Department on 4 May. It is proposed to note and publish this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The next item is No. R1926 B from Mr. John Callinan, Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach, dated 7 June 2023. It provides an update regarding developments in relation to tribunals of inquiry and commissions of investigation. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. At our last meeting on 1 June, we considered previous...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: He also referred to the final report from Mr. Justice Cregan, which included the suggestion that a more consistent way of doing it be put in place. We have reached a point after a number of investigations, some of which have taken a decade and more and cost tens of millions of euro, that there has to be a better system of doing this. Is Deputy Murphy happy enough with Mr. Callinan's...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: It says it will consider suggestions on the reform of the commission of investigation process, the closing remarks made by Mr. Justice Cregan. We will see what comes out of that. We need to keep on top of that. No. 1928 B is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 8 June 2023. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the proposed...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we can request that. It is an issue that is coming up. Obviously a lot of things have happened very quickly and a lot of people have stepped into that space. They are providing accommodation. Some of them are new to it while others were already in the accommodation business and have facilities. There are a lot of entrants. We know from the hearings that some people are operating as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will inform him of our decision. That concludes our consideration of correspondence. Moving on to our work programme, at our next meeting on 22 June, we will engage with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. I propose that we also add chapter 4 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2021 on the re-allocation of Voted funding to the agenda as...

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am glad to see both Ministers are present. This year, the cost of education is a bigger worry for families, as we are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. The Government can and must do certain things to ease that pressure on parents and students. At primary and secondary level, not only do parents face the expensive cost of schoolbooks, with an average cost of €200 plus,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Taoiseach about the promise made on budget day with regard to medical cards for those on the median income or below. As I understand it, such a measure would bring nearly 400,000 people into the medical card scheme, albeit for GP visits only. As I understand it, this was to be in place before June. The reply I got to a recent parliamentary question raises questions as to where it...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: 183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current progress on providing alternative accommodation for the UN Veterans facility at Portlaoise Garda Station, which is a consequence of the construction works and extension to the Garda Divisional HQ. [29783/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: 184. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm whether the Department of Justice and the prison authorities in the Midlands, along with the OPW, have finalised agreement on the construction of the Defence Forces Unit, including the UN Veterans facility at the Midlands Prison. [29784/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Paul McAuliffe, Verona Murphy and Alan Dillon who are tied up in other parliamentary duties. I welcome you all. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege, and the practice of the Houses as regards reference...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Licken. The first committee member is Deputy Alan Kelly, who has 15 minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Before I move to the next speaker I want to go back to the question asked by Deputy Kelly regarding funding from the Adare Manor facility in parallel with the €58 million expected to be put in by the public purse. Did the Department set out any criteria with regard to 20%, 30% or 40% matching funding? For every €10 going in from the taxpayer perhaps there might be €3,...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Did the Department ask for criteria to be put in whereby there would be a percentage of funding-----

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funding (22 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----in tandem with the funding from the State?