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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: Do any members wish to come in on the accounts and financial statements?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to come in on that? No. Is the listing of accounts and financial statements agreed? Agreed. These will be published as part of our minutes. I will move on to correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been circulated, and decisions...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: That comes under the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It would not be the Department of Justice.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: Given what is happening, I suggest we bring in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth separately to address some of that. We have had the Secretary General of that Department, Mr. Kevin McCarthy, and his team in a couple of times. We need to bring them in again. The Deputy's query is specific to the Department of Justice around how the International...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is two separate Departments. I suggest that we add them to the list.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: The other one we agreed to do is the University of Limerick. I ask that this would be added to the list. Some issues of interest relating to UL that are surfacing. We agreed last week to bring them in on that . We will add UL. We agreed on UL. Is it agreed that we would also add the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a further meeting? Yes. We...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: If the accounts are not cleared, then we cannot we bring them before us.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: It was the intention that there would be a crossover. There is a commonality between those three. We set them out before Christmas in that order. We hoped to have them one week after another. Actually, the initial proposal was to have GSOC in at the same time as An Garda Síochána, but that cannot happen for obvious reasons.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: In regard to the work programme, the proposal is we will try to schedule UL and the Department of children, equality, etc., for 11 April and 18 April.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is one for consideration in the future. The work programme is agreed as set out. The last item on the public agenda today is any other business. Nobody has any other business; that is good. We now move into private session briefly before returning until 9.30 a.m. on 15 February when we will engage with the Department of Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date number of applications for vacant homes grants in each of the 31 local authority areas; and the number of applications for the additional derelict homes grants per local authority. [5330/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: 353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of a Garda vetting review group to discuss proposals regarding potential amendments to vetting legislation to rectify the current situation whereby some people are having to apply for Garda clearance up to three and four times for work, voluntary activities and sports etc purposes....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the establishment of a Garda vetting review group to discuss proposals regarding potential amendments to vetting legislation with a view that one certificate clearance is adequate, once it is in date and has not expired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5322/24]

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: We should not have any further delay in reform of the licence fee and funding for RTÉ. This is for the future of RTÉ. The Government has dithered on this and cannot seem to reach an agreement. Sinn Féin's motion proposes an end to the licence fee model to be replaced with direct Exchequer funding for sustainable public sector broadcasting. RTÉ has already been given ad...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Verona Murphy, Deputy Catherine Murphy, who may have to leave early, and Deputy Munster. I welcome everyone and remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regards reference witnesses...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I now invite Ms McPhillips to deliver her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: They have done well. I also wish to ask Ms McPhillips about the new community safety partnerships. Will they impinge on the joint police committees or will they be replacing them?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (15 Feb 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is the general gist of it that they will have more powers of oversight?