Results 11,061-11,080 of 20,068 for speaker:Brian Stanley

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

Brian Stanley: Do other members wish to come in? If not, the only other thing that I see is the claims information up to the end of January of this year. The total value of substantiated claims and adjustments issued for determination is €554 million, which is a huge sum, but the employer’s representatives determined the claims and adjustments issued by the contractor and they have been put...

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

Brian Stanley: The clerk is clear on that. The next item is No. 1079 from the Government Accounting Unit, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 16 February 2022, enclosing the minute of the Minister in relation to the Committee of Public Accounts reports regarding our examination of the 2019 appropriation accounts of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Housing, Planning...

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

Brian Stanley: The wise thing, given people are seeing these for the first time, is that they be circulated for next week's meeting and we would come back to it then. Deputy Carthy, who is not present, has flagged it. We will put it on next week's agenda. The next item is No. 1082 from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, Secretary General, Department of Justice, dated 16 February 2022 providing information requested by...

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

Brian Stanley: It states that the report has been received by the individuals and that they passed the correspondence to their legal adviser, who has been advised not to circulate the report until the contents of the letter are reviewed and responded to. They are currently in the process of seeking a view from KPMG and expect this in the next week or so, at which point the legal advice will be updated. In...

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

Brian Stanley: We have scheduled a session with UL and the Deputy will see that on the work programme. A number of us are concerned, among many issues, about that particular issue regarding the city centre site.

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

Brian Stanley: What I would advise is that perhaps after the week after next, when we are back, that if we do not have an update by then, we should seek one. Is that okay?

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

Brian Stanley: Okay. We have dealt with the justice correspondence. The next correspondence is No. 1085B from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Health, dated 17 February 2022. It relates to reports in the media of alleged recordings of internal meetings of officials in the Department of Health. The Secretary General states that they were made and released without the knowledge of those...

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

Brian Stanley: With regard to the mental health budget, there is obviously a huge need in that area but, in respect of capacity, a need to use it and to deliver the services where there appears to be a gap in that. The article stated the additional money sought was reported to be €10 million. The Secretary General underlines in the letter, and seems very clear about it, that the actual sum...

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

Brian Stanley: We will note and publish the correspondence. There are no other items of correspondence for consideration today. However, one matter which I would like to raise is a request we made to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to include the remuneration of Accounting Officers in the appropriation accounts, beginning with the 2021 accounts. We made this request in the interests of...

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

Brian Stanley: Are there particular issues of concern in respect of the Dublin Dental Hospital?

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

Brian Stanley: On the Dublin Dental Hospital, there is an issue with dental services across the State.

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

Brian Stanley: The problem is that if we decide to take up a meeting with an issue in one locality, we could fill up a year on one subject alone. Do we do it on Laois the following week?

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

Brian Stanley: I would like to discuss dental services in the midlands with the HSE. Unfortunately, they have collapsed, would be the best way to put it. I would suggest that on an occasion when the HSE is in, that we would flag those as particular items. To try to do a stand-alone meeting on one issue locally, unless there was a major issue to be addressed-----

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

Brian Stanley: We have a long list.

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

Brian Stanley: I suggest that Deputy Devlin sends a note to the clerk as to the exact issue.

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

Brian Stanley: At the next meeting we can ask for an update on the position regarding improving procurement practices. Would that suffice?

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

Brian Stanley: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland will appear before the committee on 24 March. The issue is timing. A lot of money has been spent on retrofitting. The grants are there. Major changes have taken place and the programme will be expanded. This is welcome but it is timely to have a look at how it has been performing until now and the value for money of the schemes. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of social houses that were retrofitted in counties Laois and Offaly as part of the just transition project in 2020 and 2021. [9606/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of private residential properties that availed of funding through the national retrofit scheme in 2020 and 2021. [9605/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I refer to the commitment on page 47 of the programme for Government in respect of children's health. The school dental scheme in County Laois has collapsed. The dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, for adult medical card patients has collapsed. There are no dentists in the county providing this service or who will take on new clients, so the dental scheme in the county is non-existent....