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Public Accounts Committee: NAMA Financial Statement 2020 and Special Report 111 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (30 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I will conclude. I thank the witnesses for joining us today and the staff in NAMA for the work involved in preparing for the meeting and the information provided today. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. McCarthy, and his staff for attending and assisting the committee's work. Is it agreed to request the clerk to follow up on information and carry out any actions...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Industry (29 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the response about State agencies and particularly the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. That is essential. I also urge that the Department of Social Protection provide a liaison because there are 90 households without an income today and this week. Everything is destroyed, including offices. Those people will need every assistance in the short term and hopefully...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Food Industry (29 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I concur with what has been said by the previous speaker. This is a significant blow in the local area. The Deputy referred to County Offaly. There will also be a significant effect in County Laois, since there is an effect on the workforce. Almost 90 people were working in that business. It is a sustainable business, with long-serving staff, some of them with up to three decades of...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to address the motion. The constituency that I represent, Laois-Offaly, has witnessed the healthcare system struggle consistently for years. This is despite the exceptional work of the front-line staff in the services. There are now almost 30,000 people in Laois and Offaly on hospital waiting lists. This is from a population of 150,000. In Laois, 13,411 are on...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: All those in attendance are very welcome. No apologies have been received. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, is a permanent witness to the committee and he is attending remotely. As we return to participate in committee meetings in person, I ask members and all in attendance to exercise personal responsibility and to protect themselves and others from the risk of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Do any members wish to ask questions or comment on the financial statements? I call Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: How many employees does that €861,000 relate to?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. As usual, we will request an explanation for any significant non-compliant procurement over €500,000 or delays in laying the accounts before the Houses of the Oireachtas. We will move on to No. 3, correspondence. As previously agreed, items that are not flagged for discussion in this meeting will...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. It mentioned in previous correspondence that it would not have a physical meeting. It will now be able to meet face-to-face and it is to be hoped that will bring about better results in terms of resolving this issue.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Absolutely. Measurements and pounds, shillings and pence. I thank the Deputies. No. 753 from Mr. David Moloney, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 30 July, encloses the minute of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in response to the committee's report on the examination of the 2019 appropriation accounts of the Office of the Revenue...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The one the Deputy was referring to was the TWSS. The response to recommendation No. 3 was to partially accept it, which is some improvement. Revenue concurred in its response. I highlighted this when reading the response. It states: "We intend to conduct standalone and multi-agency site visits as part of our 2022 compliance programme, cognisant of the recommendation of the Committee in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: If it is agreed then we will put in a note on that. We note and publish the correspondence. The next item is No. 761 from Ms Marie-Claire Maney, Chairperson, Tax Appeals Commission, dated 10 August 2021 providing information requested by the committee. Members will recall our meeting with the commission on 8 July and this correspondence arises from that meeting. It includes the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Some members will note, and it came up on the day that the commission was in, No. 8, which was the appeal regarding Domino's Pizza in relation to the €40,000. There was a High Court decision issued on that on 20 December 2019. That matter has been in open court. The determination which was enclosed with the case stated that the quantum under appeal for unpaid PRSI was €40,000...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: There seems to be a fair bit put on them. No. 762 is a somewhat delayed response from the Department of Transport, dated 11 August 2021, to information requested by the committee at our meeting with the Department on 27 May 2021. It relates to the DART underground project, on which €45 million had already been spent when a Government decision was taken in 2015 not to proceed with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy in agreement with Deputy Carthy's proposal?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: As I mentioned, in 2015, €45 million was spent on this project, which is a considerable amount of money. At this stage, I do not think there is even a plan as to where it is going. I am sure the overground option has been looked at. I imagine it would be less costly at any rate. We will seek a note on it from the Department, as suggested by Deputy Carthy. Is it agreed to note and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I invite the Comptroller and Auditor General to respond to Deputy Munster.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. I propose to note and publish the aforementioned correspondence and hopefully the evaluation that is under way will shed some further light on the matter. No. 782B is fromMr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, dated 11 August 2021 providing information requested by the committee relating to the national broadband plan,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Since the first reply there have been an additional 8,000 added on. The first reply referred to 4,000, but in this correspondence it is stated that an additional 8,000 have been added to that in terms of premises passed. The actual target runs into hundreds of thousands. I will not quote the correspondence, but it is a much larger figure than that. It is multiples of that in the first...