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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: The last time the Department was at the committee, we raised the issue the ability of the National Building Control and Market Surveillance Office to monitor what is going on in the building industry. We are facing a huge bill with mica and we had a huge bill with pyrite. There have been cases like Priory Hall and other problems. The best way of solving a problem is to not create it. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Doyle come back to the committee with an update on that? How many fines has the office handed out since its inception? What is the value of those fines? How many business notice cessations were handed out in the past few years? How many product recalls have there been on foot of inspections by the office? The point I am getting at is that we cannot have another mica. We just...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Will Uisce Éireann come back to the committee with a reply on the number of mains replacements that have taken place since 2014, when it became operational? What was the spend each year on mains replacements? I have questions about two specific schemes. I refer to the taking in charge of estates put in place by developers. I will mention two particular ones in County Laois. There...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: The business before us this afternoon is minutes, accounts, financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The first item is the minutes of our meeting on 19 October, which were circulated. Any members who wish to raise anything should feel free to do so. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, the minutes will be published on the committee's webpage. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Since no members wish to raise issues related to those accounts and financial statements, can we agree to note them? Agreed. As usual, the list of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Let me move on to correspondence. As previously agreed, items not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Table 1 on page 2 of the letter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy understand the date is 1 March 2025?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is on the next page.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: On the day that those concerned were in, they said some-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: According to the final outline, it is 31 July 2028.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: So there is another five years to go. In 2014 it was recommended, and in 2017 it started. Mr. Seamus McCarthy:Effectively, the first phase was due to have been completed by July of this year, with the other phases or stages to be completed over a period of five years.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is deeply frustrating that the timeline extends until past the middle of 2028. The other issue was that of home support activity. Page 13 states that, as of July, there were 5,992 people assessed and waiting for carers. That figure seems to be sticking stubbornly at around the 6,000 mark. I ask that we get back to Mr. Gloster in the HSE and ask whether the waiting time will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is right, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is the point I am making. I recollect the number was around the 6,000 mark a few years ago. However, in each of the six-month periods, it has stayed at around that level. The data show a very slight reduction of 300 or so, which is welcome, but over the first six or seven months of the year, the figure has hung around the 6,000 mark. In July, it came in at a total of 5,992. It is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: No. It gives timelines in respect of when the director general was formally suspended, when the Department was notified and how the Minister was notified, which it states was via a phone call from the chair of the board. It also includes the date that the former director general formally resigned, which was 29 June. There is a reply there regarding payments to Ryan Tubridy. We asked when...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am sorry.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: My apologies. That is correct. She resigned three days earlier. That concludes correspondence and we will move on to the work programme. A draft programme has been circulated to members for discussion. It is appearing on the screens. Next week is the recess week. It is agreed that correspondence for the next meeting will be circulated to members on 2 November. On 9 November, we will...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: I have serious concerns about the underfunding of our health service. We were told today that it is to the tune of €1.3 billion. We must also factor in the additional capital funding needed for the much-promised 1,500 acute additional hospital beds and the growing cost of the national children's hospital ,both of which have not been allocated extra funding in the budget. Such a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location in County Laois where face-to-face meetings with a community welfare officer takes place; and the procedure to obtain such a meeting. [46322/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (24 Oct 2023)

Brian Stanley: 114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of face-to-face meetings that took place between community welfare officers and applicants for supplementary welfare allowance in the first six months of 2023. [46323/23]