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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide figures, in tabular form, for the average waiting times currently being experienced for driving tests at the test centres in Birr, Portlaoise and Tullamore. [53182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide figures for the longest waiting time currently being experienced for driving tests at the test centres in Birr, Portlaoise and Tullamore, respectively. [53183/23]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, a permanent witness to the committee. Members are reminded of the provisions of Standing Order 218 that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of the policy or policies of the Government, or a Minister of the Government, or the merits of the objective of such policies. Members are also reminded of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: Do members wish to raise any matters? No. Is it agreed to note the accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. The next business is correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion at this meeting will be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board is up fairly high on the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: I suggest we wait until that happens.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: They are not yet laid but I will bring in the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is proposed that we meet the officials from the Department of Justice the following week. I think it is proposed that have the representatives of An Garda Síochána and GSOC in on the same day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes, the Deputy is correct about that. We could bring in a representative of the Department on the same day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: We could ask for a senior person from the Department to attend.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: I suggest that we list, as a specific item on the agenda, the timelines for the processing and completion of complaints to GSOC. I suggest that we specifically include that as one item. Would that be helpful? The Department official in attendance would need to be able to address the resourcing of GSOC as well. Is that okay? Yes. We have a long list of issues to debate in the new year....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (6 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the different sectors that the €169 million Just Transition Fund will be targeted towards; and if there will be a specific funding stream for assisting job creation in private companies. [54008/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what role a person (details supplied) will play in Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan. [53991/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether private sector investors will be used to finance Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan; if these will be PPPs or shareholders in Uisce Éireann; and the reason his Department is not fully financing Uisce Éireann’s capital plan. [53992/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am asking about the role a private company will play in Uisce Éireann's capital investment plan. As we know, Uisce Éireann is a public body and so the finances will be scrutinised by the Comptroller and Auditor General. There has been talk about having a referendum to ensure it is kept in public ownership. I am concerned this might be the slippery slope to some privatisation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: The way of really ensuring that, as the Minister of State knows, is to have a referendum for constitutional change. There should be an amendment to the Constitution to enshrine that. The concern here is that a private company has been lined up - Mott MacDonald has been named in media - to provide services in relation to capital works for Uisce Éireann. As I understand it, the partner...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Water Services (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes, but Uisce Éireann has a whole battalion of engineers and people who should be capable of project management. The Minister of State and I also know that DBOs are very expensive. Anyone who follows local authority budgets will see that every year in their annual budgets when they look at services that have been provided. While in theory it may be publicly owned, the fear is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Dec 2023)

Brian Stanley: I wish to inform members that the IHRB awaits a Mazars report on the matter that was raised.