Results 14,141-14,160 of 20,099 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: No. 049C is from Denis Ryan, dated 20 February 2020, on the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, and evidence of actions taken leading to a possible loss of millions of euro to the Irish taxpayer. I propose to request the correspondent's consent to forward the correspondence to SBCI for a response. Deputy Carthy is not here.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: No. 056C is from Tony Goodwin, General Secretary, Irish Road Haulage Association, dated 09 January 2020, in regard to the Road Safety Authority. By way of background, I wish to advise members that the previous committee considered correspondence from the Irish Road Haulage Association on 13 June 2019 and it was decided to request a response from the Road Safety Authority. The response from...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Is the committee happy enough for Deputy Verona Murphy to be present when the matter is being discussed given the fact that she was the president of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Deputy MacSharry is happy enough. Do other members want to speak on it before I allow Deputy Verona Murphy to speak again?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: I call Deputy Hourigan and I ask her to pull down the mask as it is interfering with the microphone.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to come in briefly on this and give a view on it. Unfortunately he cannot hear us as we have lost the connection. The previous committee considered correspondence from the Irish Road Haulage Association and it was decided to request a response from the Road Safety Authority. In September 2019, it was agreed to forward a copy of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Having read the correspondence dated 9 January, I am of the opinion that some of the issues are more for the Department of Transport than the committee. Mr. Tony Goodwin is stating that the nature of the reply was unsatisfactory to the Irish Road Haulage Association and it appears as though there are various interpretations of the RSA's position on the matters raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Is the Deputy happy to leave it until the Department of Transport comes before the committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Verona Murphy is out of the loop of her previous incarnation. Are we happy enough with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: Is Deputy Verona Murphy happy enough with that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: No. 061C is from an individual dated 2 April 2020 enclosing correspondence on a previous Committee of Public Accounts sub-committee inquiry into DIRT. We will note this item. Deputy Carthy wanted to discuss this item but unfortunately he is unavoidably absent this morning.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: We will hold it over to next week. No. 074C is from an individual dated 15 July 2020 regarding the transcript of the Committee of Public Accounts meeting on 18 May 2017 with Bord na gCon. It is proposed to request Bord na gCon to respond to the matters raised by the correspondent. Is that agreed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: The issue related to evidence given here when representatives from Bord na gCon were present.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: The person alleges that what was stated on the record to this committee was incorrect, not that it was recorded incorrectly in the Official Report. What was stated by a member of the Irish Greyhound Board in this committee put that person in a bad light. There were false allegations and they were looking to have that corrected. The secretariat has looked at this and the committee is not in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: On the matters raised, I have not had an opportunity to read up on the issue as I was preparing for this morning's meeting. In fairness to the members of this committee, they should have time to consider the issue, which can be addressed at a future meeting. However, perhaps members will review the issue and apprise themselves of the facts of the case.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: We can discuss the issue once members are fully apprised of the facts. Is there any other business? No.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (29 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of extending the mortgage repayment break for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26628/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (29 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken to investigate whether interest rates can be suspended on mortgages for those on the pandemic unemployment payment. [26629/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the value of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement broken down by each Department. [26666/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2020)
Brian Stanley: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of funding spent on procurement across all Departments in 2018 and 2019 that was non-compliant with EU directives on public procurement and with circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist SMEs in Public Procurement by each Department. [26665/20]