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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We can do that. We could also use the option of writing to the HEA on that. If that is agreed we will do that. The Comptroller and Auditor General has indicated that he wishes to come in.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We will request that. The next correspondence is No. 718 from Mr. John Hogan, Secretary General at the Department of Finance, dated 7 July 2021, providing an update requested by the committee on the eighth progress update report on the special liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC. The Secretary General stated that the timeline for completion of the liquidation has...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I suppose that it is part of the cleaning-up exercise after the madness of the 2000s. In his letter, the Secretary General, Mr. John Hogan, stated that "the purpose of extending the timeline for completion of the liquidation is to maximise the ultimate return for the State in light of the impact of COVID-19 on the liquidation process, and this will be subject to ongoing review." The...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The Department will call the shots on this anyway.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Carthy.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Does the Comptroller and Auditor General wish to come in on that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Given the scale of the fees, involving figures of between €320 million and €327 million, maybe we should ask for an account of them, including in respect of the period of time and what the money has been spent on. We should also ask about the potential for increased liability regarding fees the longer this goes on. That would be worth probing with the Department. I am aware...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The next item of correspondence is No. 720B, from Dr. Deirdre Keyes, chief executive officer of Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, dated 30 June 2021 and providing information requested by the committee on non-compliant procurement of over €1.4 million. In its 2019 financial statement, the committee requested explanations from all bodies audited by the Comptroller and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We have to be cautious about that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Over the past year, we have looked at the statements from a number of education and training boards. In fairness, most of them came back with measures taken to improve matters and explanations in respect of procurement where they had limited options, such as where there may have been a single supplier of very specialised stuff. This particular one seems to have much history attached to it....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: I skipped over one item. I apologise. No. 723B is from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice dated 8 July 2021 providing the terms of reference of an independent review of voluntary mess committees, which was undertaken at the behest of this committee. The terms of reference state that it is intended that the review will be completed by the end of the year. It is proposed...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Nos. 726B and 743B, dated 8 July and 14 July, respectively, are from Professor Kerstin Mey of University of Limerick, who was before the committee on 17 June, and are arising from the committee's request for information during that meeting. No. 726B specifically addresses the committee's request for a copy of the report published by Ms Mairéad McKenna in regard to protective...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The question of identifying them may arise but I will ask the clerk to examine that to see if we can get their permission to use that information. Is that okay?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: No. 743 provides the balance of the information requested by the committee arising from our meeting with UL on 17 June. It provides responses to matters such as the governance of the University of Limerick Foundation, expenditure related to the president's residence, entertaining services and protected disclosures and information regarding the purchase by UL of the former Dunnes Stores site...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: The next item of correspondence is No. 728B from Mr. David Moloney, acting Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 8 July 2021, enclosing the minute of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in response to the Committee of Public Accounts report of the examination of the 2019 Appropriation Account for Vote 13 - Office of Public Works and Related...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. It is positive that they accepted three of our recommendations.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We probably will revert to the Miesian Plaza because I think there is another chapter in this. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: We had correspondence earlier in the year regarding vacant properties, and the Deputy raised a number of related incidents in his constituency. We will seek an update on the matter of vacant Garda properties throughout the country. Is that all right?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: There will now be face-to-face meetings between the Office of Public Works, the landlord and the owner of the property. That might be more appropriate, if the Deputy is agreeable with that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021)

Brian Stanley: Okay. No. 729B, from Ms Désirée Finnegan, chief executive officer of Screen Ireland, dated 8 July 2021, provides information requested by the committee in regard to appointments to the board of Screen Ireland, an issue that arose at a previous committee meeting. The CEO states Screen Ireland has "robust conflict of interest procedures" and that it is "inevitable however that...