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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Could I make a suggestion? There is a lot in the report and I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the staff in the office for putting it together. It is very clear and very easy to read and work with. I am finding it a great aid in trying to get my head around the issues from that period. There is a plan in place to deal with waiting list issues that has funding of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is life and death.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: There is a NTPF unit-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----or office. I do not know what it is called. Cross-Border treatment comes under the fund for foreign travel. Many go to Spain but the cross-Border unit is the same. It fits under that same umbrella.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: That is correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Treatment is given here in private hospitals under the NTPF but patients have to wait in the queue. Point taken. We need to watch it. The lesson from different occasions when the HSE was in, and probably in the first year or two of this Dáil term, is we tried to deal with many issues-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: -----and it is a big beast. It is multifaceted and you can go all over the place and find yourself in all kinds of places. We need to be specific. If waiting lists, the NTPF and the cross-Border aspect are the one piece, we should deal with them as one piece, in addition to the ventilators issue, on the same day and nothing else. How does that sound?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes. There has now been an announcement of a new fund. With the creative points members all have, they will know how to deal with the issue and what lessons have been learned. We can deal with that in the context of the new fund.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I will make a suggestion. We have An Bord Pleanála on our list, whose representatives will be in on 27 April. The schedule is done up to then. The week before that, Central Bank representatives will appear. We have flagged a number of other matters. Do members wish to try to get in the Department of Health issues? When we come back after St. Patrick's Day, it would be great if we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Unfortunately.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: The question is whether we want to deal with the Department of Health and HSE regarding ventilators, waiting lists and the NTPF on 4 May. Is that the next most important issue? It is about having an indicative timeframe so the secretariat can start working on it. When we come back, 4 May will be less than six weeks away.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Yes, it is. We then have the UL report. Do members want to cover that in May as well?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will say UL for 4 May. Is it okay if we leave out the children's hospital issue for a while?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: Matters relating to agriculture and forestry have been requested by two members, Deputies Hourigan and Carthy, as far as I remember.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: It is Coillte and there could be a grant scheme relating to something else. We will also say May for that. What about the greyhounds issue?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: On our agenda for May we have the HSE, UL and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We will deal with the issue relating to ventilators at the meeting with the HSE and the Department. The committee requested certain information arising from meetings this year. Following the meeting on 19 January, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage was to come back to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (9 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the recommendations on the review of retained firefighters has been brought to Cabinet and accepted by Government; and if so, if there is a timeline for implementation of the 13 measures. [11525/23]

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I will move to emergency generation in a minute. The Government must take greater measures to control and manage our energy needs. Households continue to receive sky-high energy bills, with electricity and gas bills more than double what they were just two years ago. One pensioner in my constituency, who lives alone, received a bill of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total value of money received in carbon tax in 2021 and 2022. [11410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Brian Stanley: 273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the different projects, schemes and Departments the carbon tax revenue in 2021 and 2022 was allocated to, in tabular form. [11411/23]