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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is this likely to happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Representatives of the Department of Health have been invited to attend. I propose that we also invite representatives of the HSE to attend. Is that agreed? Agreed. On 13 June we will engage with the Office of Public Works in relation to Vote 13 – Office of Public Works. The following areas of interest have been flagged: the proposed national children's science museum project,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: My understanding is, and I am open to correction on this and perhaps the Comptroller and Auditor General will be able to assist us with it, that the budget for it goes through the OPW. I am not sure whether it goes through the Department. Perhaps it does. Perhaps the money goes through that channel. I am not sure.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I am not sure about it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes it is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes we will clarify that and if it is the case the Department is responsible we will invite senior officials.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Members will be happy to hear the Road Safety Authority has confirmed it availability to attend a meeting on 27 June 2024 in relation to the 2022 financial statements. The committee has agreed to invite representatives of the Department of Transport to this meeting. The following areas of interest have been flagged: road safety statistics and performance metrics, and outcomes from...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: And issuing driving licences.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will meet Waterways Ireland on 4 July to discuss its 2022 financial statements. If there are specific issues, which there may be, members should please forward details of them to the secretariat. On 11 July, we will meet the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Chapter 10 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: That concludes our consideration of the work programme. The final item on the public agenda is any other business. If there is no other business, we will go into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. on 16 May, when we will engage with the Department of Education.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The CSO residential property prices for County Laois showed a jump of 12% in a 12-month period. Wage inflation has not jumped to meet this. This is making it harder for ordinary workers to purchase their first home. Due to the spiralling prices more workers are reliant and waiting for some type of an affordable housing programme to come onstream. So far the Government has delivered only...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Imelda Munster. You are all very welcome. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or are in silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some of the limitations of parliamentary privilege and practices of the Houses as regards the reference you make to other persons in your evidence. The evidence of...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Before I bring in the first speaker, I will ask Ms Graham to clarify a matter. I acknowledge that she sent to the committee extensive briefing notes and previous correspondence. We have received information regularly from the NTA. As of June last year, €116 million had been spent on MetroLink. Is that correct? That is not a mistake. That was in June 2023.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: That figure was included in a piece of correspondence that the committee received.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: What is the up-to-date figure, 11 months later?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. There is a breakdown in some of the correspondence. Today's figure is €158 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The figure to the end of 2023 was €158 million. No physical work has started yet.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: There have been trials and so on.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: How much will be spent before the shovels go into the ground? What is Mr. Creegan's estimate at this point?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Some €158 million had gone in as of 31 December 2023, from what Mr. Creegan said.