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

Brian Stanley: Okay. Meanwhile, is it agreed we will seek answers to those three questions? Agreed. We move on to R1695 B, from Ms Orla Twomey, chief executive, Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland, ASAI, dated 20 January 2023, which provides information requested by the committee regarding national lottery advertising. Regarding this issue, it will be recalled that we had representatives from...

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

Brian Stanley: I am of the opinion we should do so. We raised this issue at those two meetings with the regulator and the representatives of the national lottery. This correspondence sets out that we can make a complaint on three grounds. If the committee confirms it wishes to make a complaint, the ASAI will treat our correspondence as a complaint and commence the process. We are requested then to set...

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

Brian Stanley: Okay. The word "community" in my political life is one I have found much misused. That is the word I will use. We will follow up on this issue. It is important we submit this complaint on the grounds as outlined. We move on to R1716 B, from Mark Griffin, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, dated 30 January 2023, which is a quarterly report...

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

Brian Stanley: Absolutely not.

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

Brian Stanley: The Deputy and I raised these issues in the Dáil four or five years ago, given many people in the intervention areas already had a service with another provider and we asked would there be a take-up. We did raise these issues with Ministers at the time, and I certainly raised them with officials at meetings as to whether there would be a substantial take-up. I would have concerns at...

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

Brian Stanley: I am advised that the Department is the approving authority and the OPW is the sponsoring agency. It would be useful if there was a representative of the OPW present at next week's meeting, a senior official who can deal with this particular issue. That would help us in our work.

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

Brian Stanley: No. 2172 from Joe Hackett, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, dated 1 February 2023, providing a response to the committee regarding a constitutional matter raised in correspondence. The following item was not flagged for discussion and I am raising it to seek the committee's agreement to redact personal information prior to publication. Is it agreed to redact the name...

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

Brian Stanley: I will check No. R1717.

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

Brian Stanley: A commitment was given to come back to us in two weeks.

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

Brian Stanley: That is agreed. We move to the next category of correspondence, which is from private individuals, and any other correspondence. We agreed to hold over several items from our meeting of 26 January. No. R1687C from Deputy Paul McAuliffe, dated 18 January. It is correspondence to the committee regarding Whitehall College. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Deputy McAuliffe is...

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

Brian Stanley: I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to come in, but this is a matter for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

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

Brian Stanley: To clarify, there should be a ten-person board and, at the moment, there are five, with no cathaoirleach.

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

Brian Stanley: Is there an acting chairperson?

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

Brian Stanley: The Deputy should not make allegations against specific persons.

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

Brian Stanley: We should also write to the Department with responsibility for the body.

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

Brian Stanley: Additional to the issue raised with regard to the letter, Deputy Dillon wants us to write to the Secretary General of the Department to get information on what powers he has and what normally happens in these situations.

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

Brian Stanley: We will come to that later and of course we can. No. R1710C, dated 28 January 2023, is on governance matters at the Citizens Information Board and funded service companies. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. We should ask the Citizens Information Board and the Department for a response regarding the €8 million reported as being...

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

Brian Stanley: Please do. Deputy Paul McAuliffe:I thank the Chair. It is a simple enough matter. I would like us to get a response from the Department on this. It refers to the Whitehall College of Further Education building constructed by Western Building Systems. There is a legal dispute that has resulted in the building not being occupied for several years. To start our work on this, I propose that...

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

Brian Stanley: That is a straightforward request of the committee. Is it agreed that we do that? Agreed. I thank Deputy McAuliffe. I will now move on to our work programme. Next week we will resume our engagement with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with specific focus on direct provision expenditure, international protection and emergency accommodation. On 23...

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

Brian Stanley: Yes. We can ask the secretariat to do that. That concludes our consideration of the work programme.