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

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Graham. I thank the witnesses from the Department and the NTA for their work in preparing for today's meeting. I acknowledge the fairly extensive briefing notes they provided. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee. Is it agreed that the clerk will seek any follow-up information and carry out any actions...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The business before us this afternoon is minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The first item of business is minutes. The minutes from the meeting of 25 April 2024 have been circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise anything in respect of the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Waterways Ireland again receives a clear audit opinion. Sorry, that was last week. Are there any other questions on the accounts and financial statements? No. Can we agree to note the listing of the accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, accounts and financial statements will be published as part of the minutes. We will move on to correspondence. As previously agreed,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I note that the International Protection Office and Tusla are working on the design of a new model to improve the process of managing age assessments. There was a question mark over the fact that some who were claiming to be minors were not minors, but a new process is being put in place for that, and that is to be welcomed. That is supposed to be in place in the coming weeks. It is more...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: There are operational airports in Ukraine. That is my understanding.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. That is all right. They are flying from outside the Ukraine. It did not state that but this matter should be taken up with whichever countries they are flying from.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It was very clear when it was in here on the numbers of unaccompanied minors arriving and pointed it out that day. It is also important to have procedures in place to deal with this. We are two years and three months into a war. Even at this late stage, it needs to deal with this. Moving on, No. 2545 from Jonathan Hill, who is now the former chief of executive of the Football...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We can put it to the committee and if it is agreeable, we will bring them in. Thank you. No. 2559B from Ms Oonagh Buckley, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, dated 24 April 2024, providing correspondence to the committee in relation to protected disclosures at Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI. It is proposed we note and do not publish this item due...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I do not know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will ask Ms Oonagh Buckley, Secretary General, to clarify that. No. 2577 is from Mr. Sam Waide, chief executive officer, Road Safety Authority, dated 30 April 2024, providing a response to the committee regarding an invitation to attend a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. It is proposed we note and publish this item. Is that agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh has flagged this item. The letter is basically saying they will not come. I think we need to remind the RSA that it is audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It is accountable to this committee. The last time it was here was 2018. That is pre-Covid. That is six years ago. It needs to be brought in here and it will come in here. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is not acceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will do that. Deputy Verona Murphy has indicated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I suggest we have a vacant slot between now and the summer. We will pin it down on the work programme later but we should try to have them in on that vacant slot. It has been notified in good time that the public accounts committee is requesting its attendance as witnesses. With that in mind, we will ask the RSA to appear at our next available slot. Is that agreed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. R2543 is from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Justice, dated 19 April 2024, in response to the committee’s request for an explanation for the later presentation of the 2022 financial statements of the Private Security Authority, contrary to the requirements under circular 24 of 2021. The financial statements were certified on 12 June 2023 by the Comptroller...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. 4 is the work programme. Members have been circulated with a draft work programme discussion document, which is displayed on screen now. Next week, on 9 May we engage with the University of Limerick on the 2022 financial statements. We will be joined by the deputy president, who has been delegated the accountability function in the absence of the president and the chancellor....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: There is nothing judicial in train.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy for that. We will thrash that out next week, hopefully, with the Comptroller and Auditor General in attendance when we will have the Accounting Officer present. On 16 May 2024 we will meet with the Department of Education on Vote 26. The following areas of interest have been flagged: running costs and demand management for schools; school building programmes; school...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: That gives more than adequate notice of nearly two months to the authority for a meeting on 27 June meeting. We will expect to see the authority on that day. I expect everybody is happy with that arrangement. That concludes consideration of the work programme for today. Is there any other business while we are on the public agenda? No, everyone is happy. We will move briefly into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Stanley: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if the providers of online medical certificates including fit to return to work certificates, unfit for work, pre-employment medical certificates and prescriptions are approved by his Department. [18744/24]