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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: There has been a reply, in which they say that it is not possible for them to identify separately the cost of employees that are funded exclusively by the licence fee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Certainly, they should be able to answer those two questions. We will put them to them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Deputy. We can write to the Revenue Commissioners.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Part of the reply also states that, conservatively, it is estimated to be several million euro of capital investment as a minimum requirement. Again, that is totally vague.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: It is wide open. We will say to them that answer to the question on the RTÉ Player is not satisfactory. It is not answer, basically. It does not give us any parameters at all.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: In relation to point No. 5, there is a short reply that those matters that the Deputy is referring to are before the High Court. It states: The decisions to issue these proceedings, rests with the [children's hospital board] and the contractor. A moratorium applying to conciliations and adjudications and High Court proceedings was agreed between [the two parties] and is ongoing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy proposing that we ask the Secretary General for a response on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: And on point No. 10?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Carthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: At present, there are 818 claims where there is a claimed value of €432.9 million. There are 688 of them where there are notices of dissatisfaction. They are still in dispute. That figure, we have to assume, can only go upwards. It would seem to be a substantial sum. We will look for replies on that. In relation to the issue of the confirmation as to who is responsible for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will look for that. The next item of correspondence is No. R1049. That is a letter from Mr. Brendan Gleeson, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine dated 4 February 2022, providing information requested by the committee in relation to the awarding of a construction contract for Horse Sport Ireland. We also wrote to Sport Ireland in relation to this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: The business before us includes minutes of previous meetings, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, the work programme and any other business. The first business is the minutes of our meetings of 3 February and 10 February, which have been circulated to members. Do members wish to raise any matters related to the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Do members wish to comment? No. Is it agreed that we note the accounts and statements? Agreed. As usual, the listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Moving to correspondence, as previously agreed, matters not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the number of the point to which the Deputy is referring?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: I am asking about the project at O'Devaney Gardens which is a PPP of sorts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Sorry, but I want to use my time to find out about costs. I am interested in the cost per unit. We we all want more units and we are all on the same page in that regard. What I am saying here is that it seems the cost is in the region of €400,000. In fact, €403,000 is the figure I have but I am open to correction on that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: What is the council paying for its units?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Are we talking about a mixture of apartments and houses?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Doyle come back to us with the exact costs, with details on the types of housing and the cost for each type? Some of them are one and two bedroom apartments. I am also interested in the Oscar Traynor Road site. Again, housing is needed but the problem is that on State-owned land, we are talking about €380,000 per unit.