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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: To clarify, it is if there were any protected disclosures made against GSOC itself.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is all right. There is a fair amount of detailed information regarding other matters in it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: I read it yesterday. There is a good amount of information in it. Thank you for that. Next is No. 1242 B from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Justice, dated 16 May 2022, providing information requested by the committee regarding section 102 referrals, including international comparisons and a breakdown of the circumstances in which the referrals arose. Section...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Would it be helpful if we made a suggestion to them? If we say international comparison, are we talking about everywhere or would it be useful if we asked them to make a comparison with other European countries perhaps?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, other EU countries. There are tables in it, but I take your point. We will ask for that. That is agreed. No. 1246 B is from Mr. Pádraig Dalton, director general, Central Statistics Office, dated 18 May 2022, and provides information requested by the committee regarding CSO data sources for the non-profit sector. We requested this information in the context of the termination...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: It monitored the spend of that amount of public money. Deputy Catherine Murphy wants to comment on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Am I correct in saying it is just under €1 million a year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: When reading the briefing note last night in relation to the CSO, I noted that: "From 2017, the CSO received quarterly extracts of the Benefacts database at no charge, most recently in February 2022." The note went on to list the information supplied, the use of that, and the different headings and the variables. It is very detailed information. The briefing note also stated: "The...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: It would seem someone wants to see the back of it. Having this document since yesterday, that is certainly the impression I got. Would it be in order to bring this document to the attention of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and correspond with them?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Is there some way we can raise this with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Has the Deputy a suggestion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will ask for that business case and the value for money review from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. That is one thing we can do. If the Deputy is suggesting we should go beyond that, and I believe that we should, then we need suggestions. What can we do in relation to raising this? Will we bring it to the attention of the Minister and the Department of the Taoiseach?...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: I get that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Okay. We will ask for the Department's response on that and ask them if they are aware of this. We will also bring some of this information to the Department's attention. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 1247 B from Ms Mary Hurley, Secretary General, Department of Rural and Community Development, dated 18 May 2022, provides information...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: In the correspondence they also say: "The Department of Rural and Community Development has never had a funding relationship with Benefacts." That is their answer on that. It is proposed that we will note and publish that. Is that agreed? Agreed. We shall move on now to correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. No. 1255 C from Deputy...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: No other items of correspondence are before us for consideration today. The following engagements are confirmed: the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on 2 June; 9 June is a non-sitting week; and the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board will be on 16 June. As previously agreed, we will engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: If they are agreeable to come before the committee-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: We could check that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 May 2022)
Brian Stanley: We can do that. That would be useful. There is also interest in a further engagement with Horse Racing Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board. It is not certain that the latest set of accounts will be available for the committee before the summer recess. Is there a level of accountability in regard to Horse Sport Ireland?