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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Possibly, but not all of them are civil servants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Some of them may be public servants as opposed to civil servants.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I suggest that we ask for a view on that from the parliamentary legal people.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We will request information from them regarding a body that is accountable to the committee that is not responding within a reasonable timeframe, or where there are persistent delays or obstruction. We will ask the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers to give us a view on that. Is that all right?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: In fairness, the secretariat puts in a lot of work chasing this stuff after meetings. As Deputies saw, keeping track of it can be difficult. Certainly, the secretariat keeps on it. If anything else comes up, the Deputy can raise it. The next issue is the work programme. Following agreement last week regarding meetings, availability has been confirmed for the following engagements - the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions that are being taken to encourage additional production of wood pellets in view of the fact that the supply of pellets is reduced and the retail price is at an all-time high [46470/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 316. To ask the Minister for Health when a centre (details supplied) which has been recently renovated will be reopened; and when the residents will be transferred back to the centre. [46429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes deep retrofitting to date in 2022. [46241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the development of the biomass industry here; and the involvement of his Department. [46242/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everyone to this first meeting of the committee in the new Dáil term. I hope everybody had a good break. No apologies have been received. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. McCarthy, is here as a permanent witness to the committee. Members participating remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House due to the constitutional requirement that, in order...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: The first item is the minutes of our meeting of 14 July, which have been circulated. Do members wish to raise any issues in respect of those minutes? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, the minutes will be published on the committee's web page. The next item is accounts and financial statements. There are a substantial number of these before the committee this morning. There is a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: What exactly is the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Has this issue come up before of funding being transferred with regard to Curragh Racecourse Limited?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Horse Racing Ireland is due to come before us. I want to clarify that Curragh Racecourse Limited is a separate entity. It is a limited company.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Mr. McCarthy does not audit that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: My concern is that this loss of €108 million is funding by public money that has gone into this company, and the Comptroller and Auditor General does not have access to audit their accounts and, therefore, the Committee of Public Accounts does not have any remit to examine them. We should note this for when Horse Racing Ireland is in before the committee. It is a serious matter that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the total loss?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: With the Assembly not sitting we will have to do the work.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)

Brian Stanley: Yes. We will certainly put the work in front of them.