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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Which is good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is good considering there are two jurisdictions. Can we agree and note the accounts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for that information. Can we agree and note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, the accounts and statements will be published as part of our minutes. The next business is correspondence. As previously agreed, items that are not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will request the information Deputy Carthy mentioned. His proposal for 2021 is that the exact amount is included in respect of the net remuneration received by the Secretary General.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Carthy's proposal is that we get a note on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is correct.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, "consider" can mean a lot of things.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will look for that information.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is called pester power.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will seek that specific piece of information regarding gross remuneration. The other two proposals are to request a progress report by the end of September 2022 on each of the changes to the appropriation accounts proposed by the committee and include the matter on the agenda for our meeting with officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on 19 May. Is that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thought the reference to arrangements being in place for an effective knowledge transfer between the advisers and the core team within the Department was skimpy. Nevertheless, it has recruited an additional seven staff and is in the process of filling 14 additional posts. We might ask to be briefed on the timeline for that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. We will request that information and note and publish the item. No. 1141B is from Mr. Maurice Buckley, cathaoirleach of the OPW, dated 21 March, providing information requested by the committee on the security arrangements for private residences. It is proposed to note and publish the item and to request an explanation for the significant increase in expenditure from 2020 to 2021....
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: What I am not clear about is which type of measures the OPW is talking about. Do they relate to electronic equipment, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I do not want anything to be identified, but what types of officials stay in these private residences?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Officers and elected representatives.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Or employees of Government agencies.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: Presumably the Garda.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: The fact the expenditure on the security of private residences during 2020 was only €213,000 and had increased for 2021 by 350%, to more than €700,000, shows that many of things happened last year. It is unfortunate those measures were required-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (31 Mar 2022)
Brian Stanley: I hope those risks will reduce and sanity will prevail. In fairness, people are entitled to peace and a level of security within their family home. No. 1145B is from Ms Kirsten Mey, president of the University of Limerick, UL, dated 24 March, providing information requested by the committee regarding the KPMG review of UL's purchase of a site in Limerick city. The report remains subject...