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

Brian Stanley: That concludes our consideration of correspondence for this week. I will now move on to the work programme.

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

Brian Stanley: We will discuss them in private session.

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

Brian Stanley: There are elements that we need to discuss in private. Moving on to the work programme, next week we will engage with the State Claims Agency in relation to its financial statements for 2021 and Chapter 20 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme. On 9 March we will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, on its...

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

Brian Stanley: I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to respond to that.

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

Brian Stanley: Okay. I should also say that the Central Bank and the Department of Finance will be before us again. Contact is being made today to try to arrange that because it is important that we follow up issues and that we have a more successful and more productive meeting than the one we had this morning. On the UL issue, we have been waiting a long time for permission to get that report. We are...

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

Brian Stanley: Yes. Hopefully we will have it very soon. It is my hope that we will have it in a matter of weeks and we can come to a conclusion on it very quickly. We are looking at a meeting in approximately two months anyway, given the work programme that is already agreed. That concludes our consideration of the work programme. The last item on our agenda is any other business. Does any member...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to implement a community wealth building strategy in rural Ireland similar to that of Preston City Council and Ayrshire County Council. [8945/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Communications (23 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the interaction her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) and other stakeholders to consider the role and development of co-operatives in rural communities. [8944/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total spend on the provision of advance industrial units by the IDA in each county for the past five years. [8916/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 117. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the number of advance industrial units provided by the IDA in each country in the past ten years. [8915/23]

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: The eviction ban ends at the end of next month. I am extremely concerned about the number of families and individual renters who are facing the prospect of homelessness through eviction if the ban is not extended. Renters have come into my office in the past week. They are at their wits' end and absolutely terrified. I cannot express this clearly enough. They are terrified of what is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the respiratory assessment unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; the current update on the project; and if a contract has been signed. [8169/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 604. To ask the Minister for Health the works planned for the maternity unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and the stage that works are at. [8170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the works planned for the paediatric unit at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and the stage that works are at. [8171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the works planned at Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise or currently ongoing; and the overall budget allocation for capital works at the hospital. [8172/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. We have received apologies from Deputy Verona Murphy. Members and witnesses attending from within 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 continue to do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: Members are happy enough with that. I welcome Mr. McCarthy back. He was here in October. As detailed in his letter of invitation, he has five minutes for his opening statement. He may proceed.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: We will take further questions on that. I know that consultation is a huge challenge. The Department has performed very well in terms of trying to deal with the scale of operations. On the consultation piece, as far as I can remember I have never ever received an email, letter, phone call, text or anything for 23 years and a huge number of people have been accommodated in my constituency,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: A whole lot of facilities have been opened, Mr. Kevin McCarthy, and not just in my constituency but directly in the town that I live in and nobody contacted me, as far as I can recall. My secretary keeps a good eye on emails and stuff like that but I have not received any communication from anyone.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Brian Stanley: Somebody could put me on a mailing list or I can give provide my phone number so somebody can give me a call. I do not want that to be taken as saying we should not help these people.