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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: I can only talk about my neck of the woods. The additional engineers have been granted. The problem is that it is two different silos.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Well, €200,000 was lost. I take on board what Deputy Murphy said. In this case it was not lost because of the local authority, but because of the insistence on consultants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: They could not be got, whereas an engineer - any engineer and there are engineers - could put it together in a few days. That is the point I am making. We will have the big discussion later.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will ask about active travel. We are mainly talking about cycleways, walking routes and footpaths.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We actually have the letter here.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will get to it soon. Last week, it was agreed to schedule meetings with the Department of Transport and Waterways Ireland. The secretariat has been in contact with both regarding availability. It is proposed to hold a meeting with Waterways Ireland on 4 July. Is that agreed? Agreed. No suitable date before the summer recess is available to meet with the Department of Transport, so...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: The secretariat has been in contact with the Department of Transport. The Secretary General of that Department will be out of the country for work reasons in the last week of June and the first week of July. The officials would be available in the second week of July, but not in the morning slot. I suggest that we need them in for a full hearing and that we should not confine ourselves to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will move on to 9 May. As I said earlier, we now have an Accounting Officer, Mr. Kilcommins, so we will engage with the University of Limerick about financial statements. I note the president will be absent so the chancellor has been requested to attend, as have representatives of the Higher Education Authority, the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will come back to the Deputy in a minute. I will get a note on it. That leaves three available meeting slots before the summer recess. The committee previously agreed to examine the 2022 financial statements of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB, when they are ready. There is a chapter in the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report on estates management in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the mitigation measures being considered to cover losses in ancillary tourist services, due to tourist accommodation being utilised for other uses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16833/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department plans to provide tourist amenities at the Cúil Na Móna plant at Togher, Portlaoise, along with the three bogs in Laois, that is, Cúil na Móna, Coolnacartan and Cashel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Poverty Data (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the scale of in-work-poverty, where, according to CSO data, the rate stands at 5.9%; and the role that a living wage plays in combatting this. [16835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Labour Employer Economic Forum subgroup on collective bargaining has met in 2024; and if he can provisionally indicate when the action plan on collective bargaining coverage to be presented to the European Commission as part of its transposition of the EU directive on adequate minimum wages will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review the tendering arrangements for secondary school books; and if consideration can be given to tendering in smaller lots, such as by school year or subject, to allow local bookshops to be able to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17135/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance to address the inconsistency in VAT regulations and extend the VAT exemptions to psychotherapists and counsellors providing services and to ensure equal treatment with other professionals working in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17016/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of applications seeking to avail of the EU just transition community and enterprise grant scheme that were received up to the deadline of 28 February 2024; the number of these from counties Laois and Offaly; the successful applicants processed since 28 February; and the breakdown of the amount paid to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Funding (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of unapproved applicants for the EU just transition community and enterprise grant scheme; if these applications will be processed ahead of the proposed April deadline; and if she plans to extend the current delivery dates for, as yet, unprocessed applications beyond the dates of June 2024 to March...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all lands reserved for future public transport sites, such as train stations in Laois and Offaly; if he will provide any details to progress plans to deliver on those sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/24]