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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will ask for this information. No. 1135 B from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General of Department of Justice, dated 15 March 2022. It provides information requested by the committee regarding the workload of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, complaints referred by it to An Garda Síochána and vice versa, and an update regarding the meeting with regard to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Representatives of GSOC will be before us in a few weeks' time. Maybe we will ask them to bring that information with them on the day.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The number of complaints in 2021 was 2,189. Of those, 1,332 were determined as admissible and requiring investigation. That is a high number. Is the Deputy happy enough to wait until our meeting to get that information?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The secretary has just confirmed that we wrote a letter in relation to that database. We will ask that it be followed up to try to get an answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The next category is C, correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. The first is from committee member, Deputy Dillon, and is dated 21 February. He requests the committee consider scheduling a meeting with Eir. I open the floor to anyone who wants to contribute. Deputy Dillon flagged it but I do not think he is online. He may indicate if he is....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: There are obviously issues with Eir, for example, the size of the company, and the implications it has for the roll-out of the national broadband plan, NBP, not to mention ordinary telecommunications. However, as a private company, Eir is not accountable to the committee. I advise that the topic of Eir's current and future investment strategy on the telecommunications industry and market in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. It is proposed we take the second option of trying to deal with this matter by way of correspondence. That is agreed. No. 1129, dated 11 March 2022, is from an individual and is further correspondence to the committee regarding Screen Ireland. It is proposed to refer the correspondent to the committee's last letter to Screen Ireland, which was circulated to members for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Deputy Munster is not with us. It is proposed we note that correspondence. No. 1134, dated 11 March 2022, is from an individual requesting the committee to make inquiries regarding the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. It is proposed to advise the correspondent that while we can examine the audited accounts of the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy okay with that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will note that item. The next matter on the agenda is the work programme. Next week, we will commence a series of justice-related meetings. Engagements are confirmed with An Garda Síochána on 31 March, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission on the morning of 7 April and the Policing Authority that same afternoon. It is proposed to have separate speaking rotations...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I only saw the last 20 minutes of the programme because the Dáil adjourned late last night. Some of what was highlighted was scandalous. It shows a major fall-down. The thinking to date has been that local government is local government; it is separate. There is a local government auditor and there are audit committees on each local authority that are charged with overseeing these....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: At the moment we cannot do it, obviously, because it must come under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General but the discussion needs to happen about the possibility and the viability of it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Everyone has spoken so far, including myself, is a former councillor. I have always felt that councillors can be busy. They are not full-time people. Spending is something that needs to be scrutinised and not when the thing is cooked and the budget is prepared and ready to go but rather during the budget process when it is being put together. Greater care also needs to be taken in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Briefly.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The wish from the committee, which I want to try to reflect, is that we have a meeting of the committee with the local government auditor and the representatives of the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, the AILG and the association of city and county managers, who are now referred to as chief executives. What we are talking about is an informal discussion in the first instance....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position of his Department on neutrality; and the definition of same by his Department. [13306/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the commitment by his Department to the current position of the State on neutrality. [13307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the current procedures will be reviewed for injuries incurred on duty for prison officers (details supplied). [15554/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the completion date for the renovation works of the audiology facility in a service (details supplied); and the date for the resumption of services. [15726/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that second-level students have an input into the just transition process and in particular in an organisation (details supplied). [15430/22]