Results 661-680 of 20,040 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am not clear on what is alluded to with point b). I believe that needs to be clarified.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I was going to raise that in respect of some countries.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: It must be read in the context of the previous paragraph, which says that a country will be considered a safe country of origin in respect of a particular applicant only where certain criteria are met.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am asking the Department to clarify what it means.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: Fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I think it is unusual in the context of all of that. It is unusual in terms of how the system works. I am just raising that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: When you take it in the context of paragraph 2, where the process by which the current countries have been designated is outlined-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Brian Stanley: I would like to have clarification on it but I would also like to ask whether the Department has considered regionalisation, that is, assessing regions of countries. The Deputy has referred to that and I have made a note to raise that issue as well. We should ask whether the Department does any assessment of different regions because we know certain countries-----
- 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.