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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: In the period the Deputy is referring to, from 2017 to 2020, there were five on secondment. We can add it to the work programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: And write to express our concern. There is a genuine issue. Also, it is a question of deficiency in respect of the time taken to carry out investigations. If what the Garda Representative Association is saying is true, some of the investigations are ridiculous.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy for that. We will move on to category C, correspondence from and related to private individuals, and any other correspondence. No. R2243 C, dated 20 November 2023, is from Deputy Imelda Munster, a member of the Public Accounts Committee. She has forwarded correspondence from an individual concerning Greyhound Racing Ireland and the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund. In our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: Am I correct in saying that, during the financial crash, the fund was raided for something like €8 billion or €9 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: Was €8 billion or €9 billion taken out of it for shoring up?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am sorry. That was the one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: Regarding the figure for the effect on overall borrowing, you would have to examine the level of borrowing in 2007 and 2008, and then look at it----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----but you could be looking at another €60 billion or €80 billion. I do not know, but something like that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: From this morning anyway - the Deputy might have missed the last piece as she had to go to another committee - €28 per worker per week is the cost of servicing it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is according to John McCarthy this morning. That is not insignificant.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is what I am thinking of; €28 is a bit of a hit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am sorry, will Mr. McCarthy say that again? It was €40 billion in 2008.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: So it went up by €150 billion to €160 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: The collateral damage was €100 billion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: Very painful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: There were huge consequences with the cutbacks and everything else that had to come on the back of it. On 18 January we will have the Department of Social Protection in order to examine the 2022 appropriation account for Vote 37, the Social Insurance Fund, the relevant chapters from the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report and the misclassification of workers. The Social...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: There is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: Meetings are agreed up to 1 February, with that proviso. We left that there for if the need arises to bring RTÉ back in again. The next free slots are 8, 15 and 22 February. Do members have any views on suggested meetings or any other proposals? They do not. That concludes our consideration of the work programme. The last item on the public agenda is any other business. I take...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by the staff in her Department to have the new building for a school (details supplied) advanced. [52314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Stanley: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on progress for the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied); and for this project to be accelerated due to the shortage of school places in the area. [52313/23]