Results 7,061-7,080 of 20,382 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy wish to reply?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Does Mr. McCarthy remember what the figure was?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information. We should also request information about the policy on protecting online players. There were clearly breaches of it and the system to stop it failed on a number of occasions. I propose we write to the lottery regulator asking for clarification why there were no penalties issued for the breaches that occurred on a number of occasions. Members may...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: The effectiveness of the regulatory system in place was lacking. It did not seem to be cutting it. We looked for that information and we will see what comes back. If it is negative we try to ascertain what the reasons for that are. If everybody else is okay on the national lottery, we will move to No. 1776 from Darragh O'Loughlin, chief executive officer of the Irish Horseracing...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I suggest we also write to the Department.
- 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.