Results 11,101-11,120 of 20,078 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is suggesting the committee have a session on that issue on its own, possibly on 24 March.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy McAuliffe.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I agree.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I agree with the Deputy. I would love to have had such a meeting yesterday, to be honest. The only thing we need to be mindful of is that if the secretariat sends the correspondence tomorrow at the earliest, then, realistically, it may be a week or more before we get a reply. We will have to decide on this next week because today is 17 February. We need to give bodies a minimum of one...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will request the secretariat to issue that correspondence as a matter of priority to the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of the matters raised. We will see what comes back and we will make a final decision next week regarding 24 March. On 31 March, we will commence a series of justice-related meetings. The secretariat has established availability as follows: An Garda...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Deputy for that. I call Deputy Carthy to speak now, please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Five or six issues have been raised publicly across this when you look at it. Mental health is one aspect of it. I am concerned that where some of us have argued for more money for health, the Oireachtas decides on a Vote for this and the Minister allocates the money, if that money goes to the Department of Health and there is an issue that means the money cannot be put to into effect by...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes. I think it was held up due to Covid.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: To avoid duplication, and because the decision to close the centre is a policy decision within the remit of the health committee, it is proposed to advise the correspondents that this committee does not intent to examine the matter further at this point. I will open that proposal to the floor before seeking agreement on it. Deputy Munster had flagged the Owenacurra Centre.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: May I make a suggestion to you, Deputy? We can ask the HSE that question or you can hold it. We will be discussing mental health on 10 March. Are you happy enough to hold the question until then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Are you proposing that we correspond with the HSE first?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Are members happy enough with that? That is agreed. The next item of correspondence is No. 1060 C, from Deputy Carthy, dated 2 February. It is a request to the committee regarding funding of An Taisce. The committee will recall that at our meeting of 3 February, it was agreed to proceed as proposed by Deputy Carthy. Regarding No. 1060 C, dated 2 February, regarding funding of An...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: You are happy enough with No. 1060 C. Deputy Catherine Murphy, you are happy with that as well.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Thank you both for your co-operation with that. Regarding the work programme, we will continue our series of housing-related meetings next week with the Residential Tenancies Board. On 3 March we will engage with Home Building Finance Ireland. I ask members to let the clerk know if there are any areas of particular interest to them arising from the Residential Tenancies Board's and Home...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, we will.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will come to that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I will come to that. I just want to get through these other items first.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: That is okay. On 10 March we will engage with the HSE on expenditure on mental health services, with a focus on child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, expenditure. The HSE's mental health services expenditure for 2020 was just over €1 billion. However, the expenditure is listed at a very high level. With the agreement of the committee, we will request a detailed...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Mr. McCarthy, you said you are not in a position to comment until the audit is completed. When do you expect that to be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Hourigan.