Results 10,101-10,120 of 20,410 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is a matter of getting that spreadsheet. It is always useful to measure these things. Was the review accepted by An Bord Pleanála at the time?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: It was agreed that An Bord Pleanála would act on it. Can we get this agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Hold it until we have dealt with this issue.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: As I recall, it was more than one third of An Bord Pleanála's annual budget.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Hold it for just one second. I want to let in Deputy Colm Burke.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: I call on Deputy Verona Murphy to respond briefly. We will not get into a discussion about this.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is a debate for another day. Deputy Kelly wishes to come in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: There is an internal inquiry ongoing in An Bord Pleanála along with the other ones so, while An Bord Pleanála will be before the committee on 14 July, we will have to have the board back before us in the autumn period.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We can certainly ask.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Given the success rate of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We can ask that question. I will move on. That is the line-up on 14 July. As has been suggested, I am of the view that we consider having representatives of the Office of the Planning Regulator in subsequent to that. We need to chalk in space for An Bord Pleanála to come back again. I hope some of the investigations will have been completed by then. Are there any other matters...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: Would it be cumbersome to put the ambulance service in there?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: There are major issues with the ambulance service.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: I have ambulance staff from different parts of the country contacting me regularly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: The accident and emergency service is a really important topic, as is the ambulance service.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We need a more focused approach. Judging by our experience in the past year and a half, the witnesses we bring in must try to cover everything as well. We are trying to cover a range of matters so there is a lack of focus.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We have a specific item on next week's agenda for the future of the work programme. If there are specific reports, we can deal with them next week. Is the Deputy happy enough with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: We react to serious matters.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: I take your point. It has been brought to my attention it is the assistant secretary who has been designated to come in for the debate on An Bord Pleanála.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jun 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is fair enough.