Results 9,341-9,360 of 20,057 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is a special area of interest.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Will Mr. McCarthy indicate what is the level of non-compliance and the value of it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is €551,000.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Total payment was €1 million with €100,000 in penalties.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Are members happy with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: One of the things I noticed in the 68 of them is that the vast majority of them are compliant.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is good to see that. There is a wide range of bodies there. From our point of view, as the Committee of Public Accounts, it is just useful to point out that the vast majority have their accounts in good shape.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: I am concerned about the Horse Racing Ireland account and that of the company Curragh Racecourse Limited-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: -----and about that €1.8 million. It is not the first time we have had to discuss that. Can we agree and note the listing of financial statements as agreed? Agreed. Thank you, members, for your co-operation with that. As usual, the listings of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. At this point we can break for a quick ten minutes before...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will make a start and stop at 11 a.m. Moving to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been circulated, and decisions taken by the committee regarding correspondence are recorded in the minutes of the committee meetings and published on the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: There is no service in County Laois.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: This issue concerns children up to 16 years of age. They are not being seen in County Laois, in most cases, before the age of 16, which means that they go to secondary school without ever having seen the school dentist. The public system for adults, provided through the medical card scheme, has completely collapsed. People who are already in the system cannot access dental services and...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yet, there is going to be a shortage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: There is a complete failure and millions of euro are going into the system. Was a figure of €80 million mentioned at one stage, for dental health services?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: Even on that point, what is happening? Are there 60 dentists?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: We have discussed the matter and representatives of the HSE will appear before the committee. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Correspondence No. 1370B is from Mr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, dated 20 July 2022, providing further information requested by the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: They may be there until March 2024.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It has been agreed to note and publish the item. No. 1371B is from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General, Department of Social Protection, dated 20 July 2022, providing further information requested by the committee regarding the Department’s investigation in relation to contractors engaged by RTÉ. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is also important that we have the CEO here, who is the Accounting Officer and where the buck stops. A less senior person can always divert things back and we maybe do not get as good responses. It is very important that we have the most senior official here. We have dealt with this matter; we will get them in as part of our work programme. It is proposed to note and publish the item...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 Sep 2022)
Brian Stanley: We can. Does the Comptroller and Auditor General wish to come in on that?