Results 6,061-6,080 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will not solve it in this room-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: -----but I agree with the Deputy. I am sure everybody wants to see an end to it. Hopefully, the occupier is repelled and the sovereignty of the country can be restored. This is the nub of the issue-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: ---and the sooner that happens the better.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: We do.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: It is fair to say, given the speed with which we have had to deal with huge numbers, that the people in the Department dealing with this have worked very hard at it. If someone had said to us a year and a half ago that we were going to have to deal with this situation and that we would have been able to accommodate this number of people, we would have said there would not have been a hope of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: It is a crisis situation. We will put these questions to the Department of Justice and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: It says that it will not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay, so-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know. No. R1883 B is correspondence received from Mr. Michael Corban, Department of Health, dated 9 May 2023, providing information requested by the committee arising from our meetings on 2 and 9 February 2023. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I flagged this because there are several issues in it that I wish to raise. There is detailed information in this regard concerning GP services and the shortage of GPs. My specific question concerned what the Department was doing in respect of taking on the option of directly employed GPs, as set out in the Sláintecare policy documents. An answer is given stating that a strategic...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: A lot of money is already going into GP practices for those support staff. If we look at the General Medical Services, GMS, contracts-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Correct, but this provision has to be funded one way or the other-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: -----whether it is through private practice or salaried GPs. We specifically asked questions around recruitment and the pipeline of new GPs, which was an issue that has caused problems. Figures have been given for the number of training places to be increased. It is stated that the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, currently estimates that 890 GPs will graduate from GP training...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: There is no service.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Specifically, though, I would like to see the breakdown for the DTSS. That does not exist and has not existed for some time. It is not possible - for a long time it has not been possible - to access the scheme because there is simply no dentist providing it. In that case, what is the HSE doing? What did it spend on it last year? What was the spend on? We might also ask what is being...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment following the announcement by his Department that credit unions have been appointed sustainable development goal champions for 2023 and 2024, if he will outline the tangible outcomes that can be expected from this announcement; and if any KPIs have been agreed between his Department and the credit union sector. [23723/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State will be investigating whether a company (details supplied) has leaked any confidential State documents relating to tax to its own private clients, as could be the case with the company in Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23914/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (18 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether a company (details supplied) will continue to be able to bid for State contracts while the Australian government investigates it for leaking confidential state tax documents to its own clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23913/23]