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- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not want to keep the witnesses here all day. I am asking Mr. Walsh about the incentives and the assistance provided by the SEAI. It appears it gives advice and information, and the financial incentives are for VAT refunds and depreciation write-offs in regard to corporation tax. Is that it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: For the private corporations.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: In regard to public buildings, did the SEAI have an involvement in advising the architect and the design team for the National Children's Hospital?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Why not on the biggest capital construction project?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: We visited the site last year. The frame was constructed and we were able to go up on the roof. We were up there with some of the management team for the project and a representative of the company. I looked all around and on the rows of terraced houses around it, there was a significant number of solar panels. I was surprised at the number of solar panels on terraced houses because they...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Building regulations and energy efficiency are two separate things.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Who would answer the question?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: This would have come before the Cabinet and a Minister would have signed off on it, despite perhaps not getting too much into the technical side of things. I am sure there are officials somewhere and we need to find the officials charged with overseeing this. We are constructing new schools all over the place, which is fantastic. A few more are needed and I think 56 have gone off the list...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: With respect, the schools do not need energy during the summer but housing estates around them, or the factory nearby, do. For energy being pumped into the grid, it does not matter how far away the source is. I address this question to Mr. Walsh. Would it be useful if the SEAI had a role in giving advice when we are doing capital projects in terms of saying it would be a good idea to put...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Would it be useful for the SEAI to have such a role?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Did the SEAI have a role in advising regarding the national children's hospital?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Has it changed since then?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Just deal with the State buildings.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Would it be useful for the SEAI to have a role in this, so we can beef it up?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Architects do what architects will do. They want the nice shiny folder with big drawings and pictures of what I would call "wow projects". That is all well and good but the practicalities and the energy efficiency get lost.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: I am sure. I know and Dr. Byrne knows they will. Clever engineers and architects will do that. As the body responsible for giving advice, there seems to be a gap in the SEAI's responsibility that I want to highlight. It is something that we might do a recommendation on. We have concluded the questioning. I want to thank the witnesses and staff of the SEAI, the Department of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: The public business before the committee this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The minutes of the meeting of 2 March have been circulated. Do any members wish to raise anything in that regard? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published on the committee's web page. We...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: May I ask about No. 4, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board? In the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, he says: The CEO subsequently applied for, and was granted, early retirement. A formal agreement was concluded on 11 June 2021 providing for the termination of his employment with effect from 30 September 2021. The terms of the agreement included a termination payment of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: Have we notified the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of that? We should notify the Department and ask for its opinion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)
Brian Stanley: As you said, Mr. McCarthy, the Department is aware of the matter.