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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: The Executive must be in place for North-South Ministerial Council to sit, but having the Executive in place does not guarantee that, as we know - in the last term, the Executive was meeting but there a block was put on North-South Ministerial Council meetings. Some people were not willing to attend.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Is this relevant to what we are discussing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will allow Deputy Burke to come in afterwards. We must keep the meeting moving. I know it is an important question and Deputy Burke was right to raise it this morning - I heard him raise it. We need an answer to that. Can we agree and note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and statements will be published as part of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. Do other members wish to contribute on this issue? No. There was also an issue concerning expenditure on the appraisal of the opera site. Some figures, tables and other information have been set out in this correspondence regarding our discussions which may be of interest to members. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. R1949B is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can. It states in the document that the Minister had written to the chair of the IHRB stating his concerns that the former CEO's early retirement package exceeded the maximum amount set out in the IHRB's early retirement and voluntary redundancy package. This is one of the relevant aspects here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We can. No. R1960B is from Dr Úna May, CEO, Sport Ireland, and is dated 26 June. It provides information extending an invitation to the committee to visit the Sport Ireland campus in Blanchardstown on a date of the committee’s choosing. The members will remember this from the day we had Sport Ireland with us. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will take up the invitation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will visit that body as well. I thank Deputy Murphy. No. R1972B is from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General of the Department of Justice, and is dated 27 June. It provides information requested by the committee arising from the meeting with the Department of Justice on 25 May 2023 in relation to the justice Vote. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is not down as having flagged it, but she may go ahead.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I flagged this because of the general condition of some of the premises being used.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know it is an emergency and an emergency demands emergency action, but this can often be below par. This is the reason I flagged this correspondence for today's meeting. We agreed on 15 June to write to the Department about doing more extensive due diligence on providers. We already did that a few weeks ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Hopefully, that covers this off. We will see what happens. The sensible thing for us to do is to await the outcome of our correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes. Is the Deputy okay with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Turning to category C, correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence, No. R1931C is from Deputy Verona Murphy and is dated 12 June. It is regarding issues arising from the committee’s report on engagements with the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority, NTA, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII. This report was launched...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: I think we dealt with No. R1947 C. We are now on No. R1952C. That is the next one that has been flagged.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. Can Deputy Catherine Murphy hold off on that until next week?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will flag it with the secretariat. No. R1952 C is from Deputy Catherine Murphy forwarding correspondence in relation to Horse Sport Ireland. Horse Sport Ireland is not accountable to this committee, but it receives funding from Sport Ireland, which is accountable to it. I propose we note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes. That is no problem. No. R1966C from Deputy Catherine Murphy, dated 27 June, regarding the allocation of funding by the Arts Council. I propose we note and publish this item and forward it to the Arts Council for a response. Is that agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Jul 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. We are doing nicely. No. R1988C from the clerk to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, dated 29 June, requests that, following our examination of the topic, this committee would report on any outstanding matters that we believe are within the remit of the joint committee, such as those relating to code of practices or accountability....