Results 17,061-17,080 of 20,245 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Kelly and Munster. Everybody is welcome and I remind all in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are on silent 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 may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: We will now hear opening statements from departmental officials and representatives of Sport Ireland and the FAI. I ask witnesses to please keep within the five minutes set out in the letter of invitation. I congratulate Mr. Ó Coigligh on his appointment. We have met before when he was a senior member of staff in another Department regarding the national broadband scheme and related...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh. I call Dr. May.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I thank Dr. May. The chairperson of the board of the FAI wishes to make a short statement before I call Mr. Hill. I ask Mr. Keohane to keep it short.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Okay. The only thing I will say in response is that we do give a lot of notice. Our secretariat is very efficient. We have been in contact with the FAI for several weeks and we would appreciate in future that we would have documentation supplied in a more timely manner. I thank Mr. Keohane. I call Mr. Hill now to give his opening statement. He has five minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Hill. The first committee member to contribute this morning is Deputy Paul McAuliffe, who has 15 minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Just be mindful of the fact of our remit.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Before I move to the next speaker, I would say to Mr. Hill that the emails not arriving until way beyond the eleventh hour is just not acceptable. Furthermore, would it not have been sufficient, from a legal point of view, to delete the name of the junior member of staff who seemingly made the biggest decision in regard to all of this? Would that not have been sufficient?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: We get many redacted letters here but in all my time on this committee, I have never seen a letter like that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Was it simply to shield what went on?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: No, I am asking Mr. Hill the question. Was that not simply to shield what actually happened here?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Would it not have been sufficient to redact the name of the junior member of staff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Would you not agree that it protects others as well? That is what really transpired here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I would have to stretch my imagination to accept that. The next speaker is Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: We will take a break for ten minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Devlin.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Time is up, Deputy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Let us ask Mr. Ó Coigligh for clarity. Has any guidance come from the Government on the matter of Israel and Palestine? It is a Government policy issue, but it has been discussed at this meeting.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: It is a different approach than was taken to the Russia-Ukraine situation. I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh for clarifying.
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media
Sport Ireland: Financial Statements 2022
FAI: Matters relating to Governance and Funding (22 Feb 2024) Brian Stanley: Just be careful with your language, Deputy.