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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: I know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Sorry. What I mean is it could have it through Horse Racing Ireland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is social housing. Can we agree and note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. As usual, the list of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of the minutes. Members will be aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General presented a report, prepared in accordance with the provisions under section 2(7) of the Comptroller and Auditor General...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That carries over to a number of areas, including dental.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: A number of matters have been raised. We will put them in our programme for future consideration. No. 1620B from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 12 December, providing information requested by the committee at our meeting with the Department on 20 October. It is proposed to note and publish this correspondence. Is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Members should bear in mind that we have a large volume of correspondence to deal with today. Does Deputy Carthy wish to come in?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is fine. We have proposed and accepted that we are going to note and publish that item. No. 1625B from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 6 December, providing information requested by the committee regarding the accumulated pension liabilities of the Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery. This arose over recent...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is correct. It is regarding pension liabilities.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: From the reading of it, it seems that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will take on the responsibility for the prior pensions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Yes, it was sent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: There has been no response to date. The Deputy should bear in mind the timelines and that people are on holidays, not just here but also within the regulator and the national lottery. We will keep an eye on that, however. We hope to have something in the next week or two. If we have not, we need to revert to the regulator.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: That is in the hands of committee members.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Again, it is a matter of where the committee wants to slot it in. We have a fairly extensive list of requests for people from different bodies to come in this year. If members wish to put it in, however, we can do so.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: Absolutely. It is important that we have a long list. Deputies know themselves how it works. Issues come up across maybe three or four different bodies that are big spenders where there is an urgency. It can move things around for us and priorities can change. What we do in that regard is in the hands of committee members. It is a meeting we should pencil in for the future, however. ...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: One thing is not clear from reading the correspondence. I noted a piece when I was going through the letter that comes under the subheading, "Electricity and power generation (particularly in relation to back up capacity and energy security)". The letter states: "I am advised that the figure of €1bn for backup capacity within the larger €33-€37bn electricity sector...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: In the third paragraph on page 2, on electricity and power generation, there is a figure of €1 billion "for backup capacity". It is for the agricultural sector. What is the best use for that money? How is it going to be used? There seems to be very little information to tell us that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: We should ask for clarification regarding this and specifically what measures are in place for farmers to get directly involved and what assistance is available to them. They are being told to scale down in relation to dairy or beef production. This was the one thing that was held up as being an income generator for farmers to make up for that loss. We will seek that information from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: I will make a suggestion. It is a major initiative in respect of the forestry programme and as we will be dealing with the 2021 accounts of the Department, I suggest that we bring in the Department to talk about forestry and carbon sequestration specifically within the next months.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: What I suggest is that we ask those questions but I strongly suggest that we put this on to the work programme as well. The Deputy is correct; it will involve other Departments but the key player is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, so we will request that information. Moving on to No. 1633B, it is from Mr. Ray Mitchell, assistant national director of the HSE, is dated...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)
Brian Stanley: And the trains that are mentioned in paragraph 2?