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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Members will see that the remainder of the issues on which we asked for feedback are dealt with in the correspondence. No. R1474 is from Graham Doyle, Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and is dated 6 September. It provides information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with An Bord Pleanála on 14 July. It is proposed to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Our overly centralised State.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am at one with the Deputy on that, from the Opposition benches.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is more cumbersome, it has cost more money and it delays everything.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes, all together. It is not just that it costs extra money but also that people are forgotten about.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Regarding that report, there was also a response on today's correspondence list to recommendations in the committee's report on the 2019 appropriation account for Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government, and related financial matters. That is No. R1465, as members will see. Although it was not flagged, there are a number of issues members might wish to consider proposing that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Finally, regarding recommendation 4, there are a number of issues with the information provided, all of which relates to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB. Three specific actions were recommended by the committee, which were as follows. The first one was to create a reference number for each property reported to the RTB as unregistered in order that the individual or individuals making...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: The response is watery.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: In conversation, we have gathered that the RTB has access to the data from the housing assistance payment, HAP, which is social protection. We could request the RTB to clarify whether it has full access to Revenue. The Department of Social Protection still pays rent supplement. Has it full access to the list of properties - obviously not all the information in the database - for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I suggest we seek clarity from the RTB regarding those four sources and any other databases it has access to, to try to ensure the accuracy of the registration system. The correspondence is under category C, related to private individuals and any other correspondence. The first is No. 1484 from Deputy Verona Murphy, dated 26 September. It is a request to the committee regarding the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Comptroller and Auditor General mentioned there is a forthcoming chapter concerning Revenue, VAT and e-commerce. Maybe we can use that as an avenue to address it. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 4 is the work programme. At last week’s meeting, we agreed to proceed with the following engagements: on 13 October, we have the Department of the Environment, Climate and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: If that is the only matter that members wish to raise, we will adjourn until next Thursday, when we will deal with the HSE's 2021 financial statements.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on raising the income thresholds for social housing in County Offaly. [47232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completed and commenced construction social housing units in counties Laois and Offaly in 2021 and 2022. [47233/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Colm Burke. If attending from within the committee room or precincts of Leinster House, attendees are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others against the risk of contracting Covid-19. It is still with us, unfortunately. Members attending remotely must do so from within the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Ms Eade is welcome to the meeting. I see from the letter of invitation that she has five minutes to give her opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms Eade. Deputy Carthy is the first committee speaker. Each member has ten minutes, which will be followed by a second and third round of questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is ongoing but, based on the answers to Deputy Carthy's questions, the State is in a weak position.