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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The public business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes; accounts and financial statements; correspondence; work programme; and any other business. In respect of minutes, those from the meeting of 4 May have been circulated. Do any members wish to raise any matters regarding the 4 May minutes? No. Are they agreed? Agreed. As usual, the minutes will be published on the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. I thank Mr. McCarthy for that explanation. Moving on to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with proposed actions that have been circulated. Decisions taken by the committee in respect of correspondence are recorded in the minutes of the committee’s meetings and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I disagree with the Deputy slightly on the towing and recovery. There are 14 companies listed there – 14 services providers. It caught my eye that they were for expired contracts. In other words, the contracts are being allowed to continue. I take it that is what that means. It said 14 new contracts are currently in place and the final 14 are to be completed by quarter 1 of 2023....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: To which organisation is the Deputy referring?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is the responsibility of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Under the previous Government, the NPWS was a matter for the Department with responsibility for sport.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. Is that agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Perhaps also the cost of apartments.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: A draft work programme discussion document including proposals has been circulated to members. It sets out the proposed meetings for consideration by the committee. We have agreed to defer a meeting with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to a later date. I propose that we instead hold a meeting with Sport Ireland on 15 June, followed on 29 June by a meeting with Sport...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I recall the Deputy raising the matter in the Dáil Chamber at the time of the establishment of Irish Water.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I was spokesperson for our outfit at the time. It was one of things that bugged us. It was an issue for me, Deputy Murphy and one or two other Deputies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The cost of connection fees is an area I have flagged. I have also flagged the delays in getting connections, the cost of taking estates in charge and the fact that some of that is being held up and local authorities are left to carry with the baby without any funding to do it. Those are issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is a legitimate observation, particularly in light of the handover that is happening now. I told the then Minister, former Deputy Phil Hogan, that all this would happen. It is on the record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I agree.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I could bring the Deputy to two projects that have been slowed down.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: Those projects have not been taken in charge when local authority engineers say that could be done.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I can only speak about my area but that is true with respect to less than a handful of estates. The expectation for the majority of estates for which bonds were paid was that they would be taken in charge. Irish Water is now putting new conditions on it. I do not want to open a big discussion on the matter. There is a problem with taking in charge.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: The opposite is the case for the ones I am talking about. They were all to be brought into public charge. It was in the conditions of planning permission.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will show the Deputy two schemes
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 May 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am told that process is okay in Kildare but the Deputy might tell me something different. I can tell the committee that in the most midland county, County Laois, it is difficult. There have been many complaints about it, including this week. We will try to slot Irish Water into one of the July slots. We need to start looking inside Irish Water, as it were. It is timely. It will soon...