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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I suggest that we review what we have in front of us and revert with a proposal at next week's meeting or send one to the clerk.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy's point has to do with there being various public bodies involved, for example, the National Museum, Departments, local authorities, the Office of Public Works, OPW, etc., and how, in the future, those who come after us may want to look for the fossils of those of us who were here before them.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: The Deputy is looking for a policy or statement from the Department setting out an overview of the situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: There are local museums as well, some of which are voluntary in nature.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: It will be costly. Of the two buildings beside us, one has been reroofed and the other will be reroofed. The best approach is to correspond with Ms Licken on the issue and ask that question of her. It is a valid question because many artifacts and valuable works are held by various bodies. The Deputy wants to know how they will be managed and protected. Members will note from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will look for that. The next item is correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. No. 1020 C is correspondence from an individual, dated 20 January 2022, regarding outstanding Caranua cases. Members will recall we made representations on a number of individuals' cases. The Department of Education gave an undertaking to engage with the individuals...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: When the Deputy says engage with the Department, will she clarify whether she is saying we should send correspondence to it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: It is a small number of cases.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: That was supposed to come forward in the autumn. I did not see it. We will look for that and ask for progress in terms of drafting that legislation to wrap up Caranua and the transfer to the Department of Education. Finally, members will recall we had requested information from 11 bodies that provide funding to An Taisce and agreed to consider those responses together today. At our...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Allocating it for a purpose.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: There is a note here that I will read first. The nub of the point the Deputy is making is that, before the parent organisation would provide funding to a body such as An Taisce, it would check the financial position of that body. My dealings in seeing money coming from Departments to bodies such as this show they can be fairly rigorous. Is it in all cases? I do not know but I would...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I propose to bring in other members on it. I call Deputy Carthy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, it can be circulated.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: We will ask for that table and information from the various Departments. There are nine, I believe.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Yes, and any other State agency. I call Deputy Hourgian.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: We are considering information that came back to us from An Taisce. I welcome the information. I do not know of any member of the committee that did not welcome it. It is appropriate that any organisation receiving State funding be open to scrutiny.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Let me continue. Some of the programmes An Taisce runs are excellent. That is a bigger political issue on all sides of the debate. I am not going to allow to be opened up here a debate between people who believe the earth is still flat and people on the other side. I am not going to go into that or allow it. The point, however, is that legitimate questions be asked. Every committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: I will allow Deputy Sherlock to comment. There is a very strong debate between both sides. We do have to reduce our carbon emissions but that is a bigger issue and it is not for this chamber. There is a fair amount of political consensus in this country on it. It is a matter of how we do it. Most sensible people agree that we have to move on with it. There is no disagreement on that,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Feb 2022)
Brian Stanley: As Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, I stand over the fact that the Deputy’s questions were fair. I do not believe that he is in any way out to undermine-----