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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Does Mr. Devine wish to shed any light on this?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I ask the witnesses to send that figure to the committee, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is okay. He might be able to slip a note to Mr. Gunning. It is always important to have the person with the money behind you. Can we have that figure before the end of the meeting? It is a very large building in question and there will be substantial energy costs. Are there projected annual costs for energy for this building?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I know that they fluctuate.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Can Mr. Devine come back to this committee with an estimate of that cost?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. Will it be cheaper than the three hospitals?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I hope it will be because some of them were built in the century before the last century. I hope that, in the last 100 years or so, we have improved on energy. Have the witnesses looked at annual maintenance costs? It is a substantial-looking building. What kind of figures are we talking about for maintenance?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I ask the witnesses to come back to us on the issue of energy costs. That concludes our questioning. Before I conclude, I wish to note that Deputy Verona Murphy sent her apologies after the meeting began and as a result, it was not acknowledged at the start of the meeting but I wish to acknowledge that now. I thank the witnesses for attending. I also thank the people from the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated to tourism agencies for the years 2019 to 2023; and of this, the total spend on tourism in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering the upper limit of €30,000 for housing adaptation grants, and €8,000 for housing aid for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: 253. To ask the Minister for Health when colposcopy testing will resume in Portlaoise Hospital, given that women who need this procedure in the midlands have to travel to either Galway or Dublin. [24502/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at primary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23737/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at secondary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/24]

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Apologies have been received from Deputies Munster and Ó Cathasaigh. I welcome the witnesses. I remind everyone to switch off their mobile phones or place them in silent mode. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. McCarthy and invite Ms McCrum to make her opening statement. She has five minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I thank Ms McCrum. The first member to speak is Deputy Verona Murphy.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: One second, Deputy. The witness feels a question was asked that was not answered.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I ask Ms McCrum to answer that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Ms McCrum will have a chance to answer that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 - Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Defence
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 12: Stock Management in the Defence Forces (23 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I will return to the numbers. It was mentioned that there were 8,000 applicants in 2023. How many of those were successfully recruited? Is Ms McCrum talking about the Defence Forces overall? Is she talking about the Air Corps, the Naval Service and the Army? Were the 8,000 recruits for the three branches of the Defence Forces? How many of those were recruited to the Defence Forces?