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

Brian Stanley: We also agreed to schedule meetings with the University of Limerick, UL, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the secretariat is working on making these arrangements. Does any member wish to raise other matters?

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

Brian Stanley: Flag it up with the secretariat and me.

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

Brian Stanley: Yes, that is fine. Does any member wish to raise any other matter? We will move into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. next Thursday, 30 March.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reinstate priority approval for a school (details supplied) given the new building has now been put on hold. [14130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give approval for the design team to proceed on works for temporary accommodation to cater for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [14131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (23 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in bringing forward secondary legislation to facilitate CCTV cameras to counter illegal dumping as provided for under the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. [14548/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I concur with what Deputy Flanagan has said. The school is in dire need of a new building. No words of mine can overstate this. I have visited the school several times, as have several Ministers. The children of the school need support at a high level. It is a special needs school and almost 40 children attend, with the number increasing each year. The conditions in the school are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I know she has a commitment to special needs from her time as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts along with me. It is an issue she cares about. However, no words can explain the level of need of the children in Kolbe Special School. They are children of high dependency. A huge amount of equipment is needed. This is no ordinary...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Dozens of households across Laois and Offaly are facing eviction in a matter of days. They have ten more nights with a roof over their heads and then the eviction ban will be lifted. Renters are stressed out and frightened. They are terrified of what is in front of them. They have been given no answers and no solutions by this Government as to what they should do or where they should go....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (21 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 1428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the announcement in Budget 2023 that those on income below the median wage would be eligible for a GP medical card; and when this will be activated. [13442/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to this morning's meeting. No apologies have been received. Those attending in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. Members of the committee attending remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional requirement that in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Before I call Mr. Walsh, I want to express the committee's concern at that situation with the financial statements that were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas with errors. I note also that they were laid late. We have now received the SEAI's corrected annual report, but we have serious concerns about how the SEAI submitted these accounts to the Department with the errors and the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: The problem would be if the Deputy wants to go to Mayo, for example, or Leitrim or Sligo. He could find himself like the Dutch ambassador, I believe it was, who could not find a charging point. That is the problem. You might have to knock on the door of somebody who has a charging point and ask to use theirs. You have to find somebody who has one.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: There were none where he was going to the meeting, as I understand it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy has asked a question. Hold on for a second. If the witnesses do not have the information now, would it be possible to get it before the end of the meeting?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I am sure the SEAI is interacting with the one-stop shops on a weekly basis. Can our witnesses give the Deputy a verbal response to the question about the timescales involved? Our guests can then supply written information with more detail. The Deputy is trying to ascertain roughly how long it takes. What is the range involved? Is it one month to 12 months or one month to 24 months?...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: The Deputy will have a second round.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Time, Deputy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: To be helpful, can the SEAI answer that question because I have come across such instances?