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Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay, so there are more in development.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Home Building Finance Ireland - Financial Statements 2020 (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I thank Ms Deering. I think all the questions have been taken so we will conclude. I thank Ms Deering, Mr. Alger, Ms Donovan and the HBFI staff for the work involved in preparing for this meeting. There was very good information in that advance briefing. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for attending and assisting the committee. Is it agreed that the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The public business before us includes the minutes; accounts and financial statements; correspondence; the work programme; and any other business. The first item of business is the minutes of our meeting of 24 February, which have been circulated to members. Does any member wish to raise matters in respect of the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Does any member wish to come in on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Next is No. 1084 B from Ms Clíodhna Guy, interim CEO, Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB, dated 17 February 2022 providing information requested by the committee regarding the installation of CCTV cameras at 25 racecourses. It states that contracts have been issued to the successful tenderer and that installation will now begin. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Deputy Munster for that suggestion. I have noted that no timeline was provided. Could I also suggest that we ask, because we must clarify this aspect as well, whether this installation of CCTV involves all 25 racecourses. My understanding is that it is installed at two racecourses now. It was confirmed that one was completed, and another was under way some time back. As far as I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Are members happy enough with that? Okay. Next is No. 1092B from Mr. John McKeon, Secretary General, Department of Social Protection, dated 21 February 2022 providing information requested by the committee regarding payments under the temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, and the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS. The Secretary General states that the legislation provides that while...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: They are able to correspond. There is no problem there. I call Mr. McCarthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Personal public service numbers, PPSNs, are the key to everyone's file and both organisations have access to the information. The next item is No. 1095B from Mr. Ken Spratt, Secretary General, Department of Transport, dated 21 February 2022 providing information requested by the committee regarding electric vehicles and the small public service vehicle, SPSV, advisory committee of the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Five tonnes of steel should not be necessary every time one wants to go somewhere. It is not necessary to bring five or six tonnes of steel whenever one goes out.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: As I recall, the NTA made a commitment to come back to me on the bus stops and the bus shelters on the old N7 route through County Laois, and the N78 route. I do not see anything in the correspondence on that. Perhaps the secretariat can flag this with them in our next correspondence. This concerns the old N7 route, the Borris-in-Ossory route and the N78, which is Crettyard and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will defer discussion on this correspondence until next week. No other correspondence has been flagged for consideration today I will move on to our work programme. On 10 March, we will engage with the HSE regarding expenditure on mental health services, with a particular focus on CAMHS expenditure. Last week we agreed to request a detailed breakdown of HSE expenditure on mental...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will do that. It is a little bit away in any case. I hope it is addressed before then.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: There is nothing fixed with them yet. As I said, we will look to engage with the Departments of Finance and of Public Expenditure and Reform after Easter. There are other issues flagged up by members as well that we do not have dates set for. Then there is the Department of Health and the HSE. Apart from that, that is it. There is nothing else members wish to raise. That concludes our...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding prioritising the provision of a new relief road for the N80 in Mountmellick. [11271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing the services and passenger numbers on the Ballybrophy to Limerick rail line. [11272/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review into income thresholds for social housing eligibility will be published. [11273/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the issues arising from social housing eligibility criteria being assessed on the previous year’s income threshold. [11274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the criteria for the new SEAI grant better energy warmer homes scheme to cover the replacement of old single glazed windows as a standalone item regardless of any previous SEAI grant drawn down on the dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11539/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent occupational therapists, dieticians and speech and language therapists working in Tullamore Regional Hospital in each of the years from 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [11144/22]