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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the witnesses of both the Prison Service and the Department of Justice and thank their staff for the work involved in preparing for today's meeting. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee. Is it agreed that we request the clerk to the committee to seek any follow-up information and carry out actions agreed at the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: The business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme, and any other business. We will then go into private session briefly before adjourning. The first item is the minutes of our meetings of 31 March and 7 April, which have been circulated to members. Do members wish to raise any matters in relation to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: Obviously, that is going by the figures given by NewERA. The rationale for the car is set out as well in the correspondence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will seek an answer from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to that. It is a vital fact that NewERA recommended the approval and granted the proposed salary of €180,773.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will consider that as part of the work programme. The next correspondence is No. 1154B. It is from Ms Bernie McNally, Secretary General of the Department of Education, and is dated 29 March. It provides information requested by the committee regarding funding for disability services and related Department of Education expenditure for transporting children to avail of the services. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is agreed. It was flagged by Deputy Carthy for discussion.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: No. 1157B, from Ms Vivienne Flood, head of public affairs, RTÉ, is dated 25 March and provides information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with RTÉ on 20 January. It includes information on the top earners and the RTÉ Player. Is it agreed to note and publish this correspondence? Agreed. It was flagged for discussion by Deputies Carthy, Catherine Murphy...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is everybody else okay? Sorry, Deputy Munster. I have got used to looking at the rest of the Members in the room, do you see? You are the odd one out at the moment.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We have correspondence on that which we will come to.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: Deputy, could you just hold that? I want to be fair to the committee members. The issue you raise is very important, and I concur with what you say about the matter and its importance and that the workers should get what is rightfully due to them, but we are dealing with No. 1157B now. If you can bear with us, Deputy Munster, the correspondence relating to the matter you raise is just a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: No. 1161B is correspondence from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 29 March, providing information requested by the committee regarding the decision to stop funding the Benefacts database. It concerned the non-profit sector, which is reported to receive €7 billion in public funding each year. The proposed action is to note...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for clarification on that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: There was discussion previously regarding whether the information from the Benefacts system would be retrieved or retained. I am not clear on what is the position in that regard. We will seek clarification on that. It has also been agreed that we will write to the Department of Rural and Community Development to ask it to set out the rationale for the decision not to fund Benefacts. Are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is a relatively small amount of money. The database was useful.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: They are coming our way. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will be appearing before us soon.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will seek that. We will also put it on the agenda for when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform appears before the committee. No. 1162 is correspondence from Mr. Ken Spratt, Secretary General of the Department of Transport, dated 28 March, providing information requested by the committee arising from our meeting on 3 March. The proposed action is to note and publish. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: The Department is saying, based on its figures, there is a need to have 845,000 plug-in electric cars by 2030. That figure seems optimistic, to say the least. The Deputy is proposing that the committee write to the Department of Finance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will seek that information from the Department of Finance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: No. 1164 is correspondence from Ms Marguerite Ryan, finance officer at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, dated 30 March, providing information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with the Department on 17 February. The proposed action is to note and publish. Is that agreed? Agreed. It has been flagged for discussion by Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Apr 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is No. 1164 from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.