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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We do not know whether or not someone in the Department provided sanction for this. If they did, why was that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I would like the Secretary General's view on what has happened here though, as the Accounting Officer. Was the Secretary General aware of it? If not, what is the Secretary General's view of what happened and what has the Secretary General done to take the matter up with the IHRB?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I do not recall that one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will see what comes back from the Department. A letter went to it about this. Maybe we need to be more specific. I would certainly like to know what the criteria were in this case, because a difference of €115,000 is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is even worse.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will see what the Department says in relation to that. I would be interested in examining it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: In the interest of time, we will await the reply and see what comes back in that regard. We may need to probe the matter. This discrepancy and the amount by which the payment exceeded what it should have been - €141,000 - give rise to serious questions. We will see what comes back and take the matter from there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will look for that specific information. I ask for members' co-operation because there is a substantial amount of correspondence. I suggest to the committee we put back No. R1777B from the Department of Social Protection, which was raised by Deputy Munster, to give her a chance. She is unavoidably absent today. We will ask for her co-operation with that. No. R1779B, from Ms...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We can ask that. There is a very detailed breakdown of barristers' fees and solicitors' fees of approximately €180,000 for both. We will make that request.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Third parties.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Obviously there is also a fee for sole member of the inquiry team. We will note and publish this correspondence. The next correspondence is No. R1781B, from Mr. Andrew Algeo, chief executive officer, Premier Lotteries Ireland, dated 8 March 2023, providing information requested by the committee regarding player protection measures, expenditure on player welfare measures and clarification...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We can defer it until next week. No. R1784B from Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science, dated 8 March 2023, provides information requested by the committee regarding Whitehall College of Further Education. A further item from the Department of Education was received and will be included on the correspondence list...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: There is an ongoing legal case in the High Court on this matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is why I am flagging it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will look at the two when we get the other correspondence. We will revert to the matter then.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay. We will note and publish No. R1784B. No. R1787B, from Mr. Kevin McCarthy, Secretary General, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, dated 9 March 2023, provides information requested by the committee arising from the meeting on 16 February 2023. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Deputy Murphy and I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: If we look at the tables in pages 2 and 3, we can see the figures that we have taken. The population is 5.1 million, and then we see the number of active temporary protection registrations as of 9 January was 70,000 in Ireland. It has gone up substantially since then. As I have said, it is great that we have been able to help those people. It has, however, put a strain on. We have had to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We will also ask if it is being addressed with European counterparts. When the Department was in before the committee, we could see that they were under significant pressure. They admitted that what they are providing is not always satisfactory. We all know that but we want to try to help people who are coming and we ought continue to do that. There will be more people coming. When...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Okay, if members are happy enough to do that. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. R1795 B from Mr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, is dated 14 March 2023 and provides information requested by the committee regarding Inland Fisheries Ireland. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Deputy Catherine Murphy flagged...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is a substantial list there of the functions that "remained to be performed and could not be performed". We can look for that if agreed by the committee members. Two commissioners have been appointed to that body to oversee it. I believe it is two former county managers. This was as a result of the collapse of the board and governance structure there. Hopefully they can get on top of...