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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2021 - Sport Ireland and Sport Ireland Facilities DAC (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: It will be able to catch up with the Dáil - just about. I thank the witnesses from Sport Ireland and the two gentlemen from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for their work in preparing for today's meeting and for the information they provided. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the staff of his office for attending and assisting the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The business before the committee this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts of financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. I will move on to the first item. The minutes of the meeting of 1 June 2023 have been circulated to members. Does any member wish to raise any issue relating to the minutes? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: What was the extent of that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay, it was €652000. That is considerable. We need to correspond with them to find out why that is the case.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Do any other members wish to make a contribution? I propose that the committee write to the university about the procurement issue, including the fact that the figure is more than the amount we normally accept and ask for an explanation and what corrective action has been taken. Is that agreed? Agreed. As usual, the accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information. I noticed yesterday that the correspondence refers to Portlaoise high security prison but the itemised table therein refers to the Portlaoise campus. The latter would generally be taken as referring to the Midlands Prison, which is adjacent and has approximately 800 prisoners, with slightly fewer in the expanded version of the old Portlaoise prison....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for that breakdown along with clarification on the points raised by Deputy Murphy. No. 1922B is from Mr. John Kelly, corporate secretary at the University of Limerick. It is dated 31 May and provides an update regarding the request of the committee in respect of the McKenna report. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Do members wish to comment on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Is it agreed that we will request that information? We will ask for the view of the Department on the report. I thought the Data Protection Commissioner would be more involved than a private consultancy on this matter. Maybe I am missing something.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The point I am making is that the Data Protection Commission, rather than a private consultancy firm, is the final arbiter on this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will ask the Department for its take on the report carried out by the consultancy firm.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. The next item is No. 1924B. Members will recall that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine recently appeared before the committee. This item is from Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of that Department. It is dated 1 June and provides information requested by the committee arising from its meeting with the Department on 4 May. It is proposed to note and publish this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: The next item is No. R1926 B from Mr. John Callinan, Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach, dated 7 June 2023. It provides an update regarding developments in relation to tribunals of inquiry and commissions of investigation. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. At our last meeting on 1 June, we considered previous...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: He also referred to the final report from Mr. Justice Cregan, which included the suggestion that a more consistent way of doing it be put in place. We have reached a point after a number of investigations, some of which have taken a decade and more and cost tens of millions of euro, that there has to be a better system of doing this. Is Deputy Murphy happy enough with Mr. Callinan's...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: It says it will consider suggestions on the reform of the commission of investigation process, the closing remarks made by Mr. Justice Cregan. We will see what comes out of that. We need to keep on top of that. No. 1928 B is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 8 June 2023. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the proposed...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we can request that. It is an issue that is coming up. Obviously a lot of things have happened very quickly and a lot of people have stepped into that space. They are providing accommodation. Some of them are new to it while others were already in the accommodation business and have facilities. There are a lot of entrants. We know from the hearings that some people are operating as...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will inform him of our decision. That concludes our consideration of correspondence. Moving on to our work programme, at our next meeting on 22 June, we will engage with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. I propose that we also add chapter 4 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2021 on the re-allocation of Voted funding to the agenda as...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: We are talking the retained firefighters and their families for granted. The Government needs to put a realistic offer on the table. The two counties I represent, namely, Laois and Offaly, are completely dependent on retained firefighters. I met delegates yesterday from all the stations in the county and they outlined the crisis. This is not just the crisis of the firefighters but the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputy Verona Murphy. I remind all those in attendance to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or on silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege, and the practice of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Mr. Doyle and invite him to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Doyle.