Results 12,021-12,040 of 20,094 for speaker:Brian Stanley

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: The Department of Social Protection has said it will look back from when the individuals were first employed as contractors, which would deal with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: We will request that further information and the secretariat will follow up on that. We will note and publish the correspondence. No. 842 is correspondence from Ms Kerstin Mey, president, University of Limerick, UL, dated 21 October 2021, responding to the committee’s requests for a copy of the KPMG review regarding the acquisition of the property - known as the former Dunnes...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: One recent development in that regard is that we had a fairly full engagement with UL on these issues. In reply to a recent Dáil question, the Minister indicated that his Department was withholding some funding from UL because of a number of outstanding issues. It might be worthwhile if we wrote to the Secretary General of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: I do not know.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: There is a grid included in that correspondence which shows that 19 former stations are being prepared for disposal. Consideration is being given to transferring nine of them to local authorities and some are being progressed as 20-year leases to local authorities or communities. A further four are being considered for community groups. It is good to see those being progressed at least. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: With regard to Miesian Plaza, the problem is we are basically depending on the OPW, which is caught in a situation where it is appealing for goodwill. A contract is a contract, and the mismeasurement on day one is, I presume, was stitched into that contract. It is a matter of appealing to the goodwill of the landlord, and I wish them luck in that regard. The meetings and exchanges between...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: It is a ten-year lease, as far as I recall.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: On the issue raised by Deputy Catherine Murphy, we will write to the OPW to get some information on it. Is that agreed? Agreed. As I recall, given I think this arose at a previous meeting, there was not a break clause in the contract. Twenty or 25 years is the length of time. We will follow up on that. We move now to category C, correspondence relating to private individuals and other...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: As far as I recall, there is not. This committee is due to meet again next week, so if the Deputy has a suggestion-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: It is a substantial report. Members might peruse the recommendations and make any suggestions they have. There is one item of correspondence that was not flagged and arose at an earlier meeting. It is something I raised with the secretariat. I wished to get an update. Members will recall the issue of Perrigo and its settlement with Revenue for €297 million. There was a tax...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a deposit and return scheme for drink containers will be introduced to counter the problem of littering. [52543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when legislation will be introduced to permit local authorities to use CCTV to prevent illegal dumping. [52542/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval and funding will be provided for the local bus service in Portlaoise town. [52541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on the provision of bus shelters in County Laois in particular for Borris-in-Ossory, Castletown, Mountrath, Ballybrittas, Newtown, Crettyard and Ballylinan. [52540/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (4 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: 368. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain general practitioners (details supplied) are charging old age pensioners, GMS card holders and cancer patients €50 to take bloods before they go for their treatment in the hospital. [53833/21]

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, which is about delivering fairness to young nurses and midwives in our hospitals and improving staff-patient ratios. Sinn Féin wants our front-line healthcare workers to be recognised for the contribution they have made, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. The motion calls for student nurses and midwives to receive fair pay...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Brian Stanley: No apologies have been received. This morning, we will engage with witnesses from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, regarding its 2020 financial statements. After lunch, the committee will consider correspondence and other business of the committee. We are joined remotely from within the precincts of Leinster House by the following officials from Tusla: Mr. Bernard Gloster, chief...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Brian Stanley: I now invite Mr. Gloster to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Gloster. The first speaker today is Deputy Verona Murphy. She has 15 minutes and there are ten minutes for everyone else after that. I ask for members' co-operation with that to make sure everyone gets in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Tusla, the Child and Family Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (21 Oct 2021)

Brian Stanley: The claims were settled-----