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- 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.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy may raise it now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: I do not want the Deputy making specific allegations against an individual or entity.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: We will take that into consideration. We agreed to asking representatives of An Bord Pleanála to appear as well. The meeting of 23 February was postponed. We should try to pin down a date with them as soon as possible. It is one of the meetings we agreed on previously. That concludes our consideration of the work programme for today.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: Of course.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: If they are invited in too soon before the reports-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: The last item on the public agenda is any other business. Since there is none, we will move into private session briefly before adjourning.
- Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)
Brian Stanley: Mortgage holders across the country are really struggling at the moment. I have been getting representations and complaints on this from householders in Laois-Offaly, especially over the past couple of months. There is a significant problem with the cost that is coming on top of the cost of living. Some people have been hit with interest rate increases of 3% plus and this means an extra...