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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: We did not seek that information from GSOC but it is on the work programme for next year.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Yes, we can do that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay, we will request that. Next is No. 967, correspondence from Mr. Ken Spratt, Secretary General of the Department of Transport, dated 9 December, providing information requested by the committee during our meeting with the Department of 11 November. It is a detailed response, running to 22 pages and addressing 19 specific requests for information across a range of areas, including the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy requesting that we would not deal with the item of correspondence?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: Deputies Catherine Murphy and Carthy have also expressed an interest in this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: I, too, am agreeable. We will hold it until the January meeting. It is detailed correspondence. Waiting until January will give members time to examine it and raise any issues they have with it. The next item is our work programme. On 25 November, we agreed we would agree to the work programme for early in the new year. The updated schedule has been circulated to members. On 20...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: In the case of National Broadband Ireland and the Department, we will be dealing with a single item. I agree it is a substantial item, and it will be up to the committee to agree to how it wants to handle this. Perhaps it cannot be done in that timeframe. I am open to suggestions on that. I will open the floor to other members. It is one we are all interested in.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: I want to be fair to the Deputies who are not attending this meeting. In previous discussions, there was particular interest in TII and a number of specific issues relating to it. The same is true of the NTA, in the area of public transport and related matters, where there is rail, bus and a range of other areas. I do not think we should rush it or try to compress it into one meeting to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: In fairness, other issues relating to the OPW will come up. We had it in twice already. I know the site on Military Road is an issue in terms of whether the accommodation is adequate but there are a range of other issues as well because the OPW has a wide remit. We should add it to the agenda to have it appear in the new year, as well as the Department of Health. I return to the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has the authority to initiate or commission an investigation or a review into the Revenue Commissioners; and if so, the number of investigations or reviews his Department initiated in the past five years. [61505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider commissioning an investigation to review the tax agreement signed between the Revenue Commissioners and the courier sector in October 1997 (details supplied) to assess the grounds upon which the deal was signed, the financial implications to the State and to the workers involved and the knock-on effect to other sectors....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if psychological assessments of needs are being carried out in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise, County Laois; the number of same carried out to date in 2021; the longest waiting time; and the number of persons on the waiting lists. [62779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in the Spraoi Centre, Portlaoise including all posts that are in place; and the number in each one. [62830/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Carcase Disposal (16 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 613. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the collection of dead dogs from private property, public spaces or roadways; and if there is role for the knackeries to collect same. [62430/21]

Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the amendment. It is important that groups such as the people mentioned by the Deputy are included. The fuel allowance scheme is very important for families on low incomes but it is narrow enough in terms of the definitions and who gets it. In our alternative budget, Sinn Féin proposed extending by two weeks the period in which the fuel allowance is paid, but also broadening...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost within the National Broadband Plan for the use of the infrastructure of Eir over the duration of the contract. [61451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections that the National Broadband Plan has made in total; and the total projected connections by December 2022. [61450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is of the view that the 1997 Revenue Commissioners courier sector tax agreement which was discontinued in 2019 was in keeping with her Department’s factors for determining the employment status of courier workers (details supplied). [61639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of test cases that were undertaken prior to her Department’s establishment of criteria in 1995 to determine the formal insurability and employment status of courier workers. [61640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (14 Dec 2021)

Brian Stanley: 446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department did not amend the 1995 determining factors for employment status of courier drivers following the outcome of a Supreme Court case (details supplied). [61643/21]