Results 641-660 of 20,012 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for clarification about that point B. No. 2736 and is from David Gunning, chief officer of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, dated 18 July. It is correspondence to the committee providing a response to issues raised at the meeting of 30 May 2024. It is proposed that we note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We have dealt with it. It is gone. Next is No. 2748. It is from Ms Laura Byrne of the RSA and is dated 31 July. It is correspondence to the committee providing a response to a question raised by an individual. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. I have flagged this item. There is a question here about the €3.8 billion allocated as part of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is "billion", yes. The other thing is that the timeline under which it is to be spent is not clear from the correspondence. It says something else at one point. I will try to find the relevant piece.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: The figure of €3.8 billion is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: That is alluded to in the correspondence but a timeline for completion is not given. It is vague. When we have the RSA in again, we should go through this. I would just suggest that. It is a lot of money and the answers are vague. No. 2788 was received from Ms Fiona Murphy of Children's Health Ireland, CHI. It is dated 5 September. It is correspondence to the committee regarding...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: No. 2788. It is from CHI. The Deputy might want to take a look at it. Having read the correspondence, the reason I flagged it is that the State had it as a matter of fact regarding non-compliant procurement. We normally get a reason why. The reason might be that there was only one tender or that it is a specialised service, but we did not get an answer like that. I have read the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: There is, but it is a statement of fact and I do not think it is explanatory in terms of how it happens. I would like to flag it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: It refers to substantial non-compliance. No. 2792, from Mr. John McDonagh, Waterways Ireland, dated 9 September 2024, is correspondence to the committee in relation to information requested at the meeting of 4 July 2024. I propose that we note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. We sought information and it may be useful in regard to Deputy Verona Murphy's area, given there...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: That concludes our consideration of correspondence for this week. The next item is our work programme. At our last meeting, on 11 July, we agreed the following engagements for this term. Next week, on 26 September, we will engage with Uisce Éireann on its 2023 financial statements. It is proposed to flag the Shannon to Dublin water supply pipeline as an area of interest for this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: This is the first year that it comes under our remit. It is the first meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts with this body that has received billions in funding. I am flagging this for the members' attention. If members have items that they want to put on the agenda for that meeting, it is important to flag them in the next day or two with the secretariat so we do not have a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has had the same experience. Councillors in my area raise this issue with me. On 3 October, we will engage with the University of Limerick to resume consideration of the 2021-2022 financial statements and the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report 117 on property acquisitions in Limerick city, which was published last Friday. It had been intended to examine the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: I suggest we also discuss the security hut at Agriculture House.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: I think the OPW was the agent carrying out the work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: We can include that. Is Deputy Murphy a member of the commission?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: On 17 October, we will engage with the Charities Regulator on the 2023 financial statements. On 24 October, we will engage with the Health Service Executive on the 2023 financial statements. Specific areas of interest flagged for this meeting include: the roll-out of the integrated financial management system, which we have gone through many times in the last four years; non-compliant...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. Do members wish to flag any areas of interest with regard to the meetings scheduled? If not, that concludes our consideration of the work programme. We will add the RSA to the future work programme, particularly with regard to how the figure of €3.8 billion was reached and what it is going to be spent on. If there is no other business, we will adjourn until 9.30 a.m. on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: 268. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) is on the approved list of drugs; if funding is available for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37069/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (18 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the time to renew a taxi licence beyond the current 24 months, in cases in which the licenceholder has been through a long period of serious illness within the specified 24 months. [36533/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (18 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current renewal timeframe of 24 months where a taxi licence has lapsed, in cases where the licenceholder may have been hospitalised due to Covid, and incapacitated due to other serious illnesses during the two-year renewal period, and has since been endeavouring to renew the licence; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Sep 2024)

Brian Stanley: 188.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the evidence that the proposed upgrades will adequately address the issues raised by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, namely that in the next five years there will be one death and one serious accident on the N52 between the N4 intersection at Kilbeggan to the Tullamore bypass.[33843/24]