Results 19,701-19,720 of 20,298 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will make two suggestions on that. There are five free meeting slots available in November and December. I am taking the Taoiseach at his word. He says there will be no election until after St. Patrick's Day. We have to make provision for November and December. I suggest that if members are agreeable, we include the Department of Education. Issues have arisen, particularly in the C...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: With the prefab accommodation, the modular developments need to be included in that. The modular units being used sound like a good idea but if I am correct, I recently saw the cost of one escalating by approximately 300%. I am not sure of the detail. I will bring in Deputy Verona Murphy in one minute. She is online. I wish to include education and deal with the issue of the State's...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I know.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I agree with Deputy Murphy. The only point is that €185 million has been put into the MetroLink to get it to this point. I understand there is a lot of work to be done, including a lot of studies, examinations, planning and design but €185 million seems incredible.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will add that matter. As I said, we have five free slots and these are some of the issues or bodies that we want brought before us. Members can reflect on whether there is anything else and we can prioritise. The secretariat will endeavour to see if we can fill those slots for November and December. That concludes our consideration of the work programme for today. The last item of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: The committee will now go into private session as we have some work to do on a report.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Catherine Murphy and John Brady. I propose that we go into private session briefly. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: The witnesses are all very welcome. I remind everyone in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or in silent mode. To start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regard references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give evidence from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I call the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to deliver his opening statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: The first committee member to speak is Deputy Cormac Devlin, who has 15 minutes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: Would somebody from the Department explain? Perhaps Mr. O'Sullivan can confirm that? Certainly at least some of the funding was off-balance sheet.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: Just to clarify, that is all capital expenditure, Mr. O'Sullivan.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: Off-balance sheet changes things.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: Take your time, Deputy. If we need to go over time by a few minutes that is okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: If it is useful at this point, the amount that came from ISIF is €1.25 billion. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: No, it is only that part of it. To clarify, it is only €1.25 billion. The LDA has to fund a plan with €6.25 billion. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: There will be a second round and I will bring the Deputy back in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am conscious of people looking in here. There is a lot of back and forth. The Deputy has been trying to tease out the sources of funding and then what is and is not on the State balance sheet. In his opening statement, Mr. Coleman said, "We have already received funding commitments of €2.5 billion.", from Government and half of that is from ISIF. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am trying to keep it simple. Mr. Coleman said, in his opening statement, that the agency has received a commitment for €2.5 billion. One part of that is a commitment for €1.25 billion. Is that the ISIF money, "Yes" or "No"?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Land Development Agency (10 Oct 2024)
Brian Stanley: From ISIF?