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

Brian Stanley: The public business before us comprises the minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. We will then go into private session before adjourning. The first item is the minutes of our meeting of 9 December. The minutes were circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise any matters regarding the minutes? No. Are the minutes...

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

Brian Stanley: If any member wants to come in on any matters under accounts, they may. Otherwise we will move on to correspondence.

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

Brian Stanley: Okay. Is everyone else happy? We will note the statements and accounts. Is that agreed? Agreed. As usual, the list of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. I thank Mr. McCarthy. We move on to the next item on our agenda, namely, correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be...

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

Brian Stanley: I do not think Deputy Munster is with us yet. Regarding the inquiry taking more than a year, that is fair enough. It is a substantial undertaking in that it is addressing the contractual relationship of approximately 500 contractors, as RTÉ terms them. The issue concerns what is happening regarding those people who have been reclassified and what their situation is now in respect of...

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

Brian Stanley: Okay. I call Deputy Carthy first.

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

Brian Stanley: The last paragraph of the letter referred to the report of the review being undertaken of the purchase of the site in Limerick having not yet been finalised. It continued by stating that the governing authority of the university had confirmed that it will act to address any issues, findings or recommendations highlighted by the review in due course. I suggest that we follow up this matter...

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

Brian Stanley: Yes, the clerk has noted that point. I call Deputy Carthy.

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

Brian Stanley: No. 961B is from Mr. Bernard Gloster, chief executive, Tusla, dated 7 December 2021, and provides clarification regarding information provided to the committee concerning the cost of external investigations. In total, the figure for 2019 and 2020 is over €1.3 million, and that excludes legal costs. Is it agreed that we note and publish this item and redact personal information?...

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

Brian Stanley: The next item is No. 966, from Mr. John Dollard, chief superintendent of An Garda Síochána, dated 8 December, providing information requested by the committee regarding media reports of an official strike action by senior officers and its impacts on investigations by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC. We will not publish this item because the information has...

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....