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- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: You are all very welcome to today's meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. Members are reminded of the provisions in Standing Order 226 that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or a Minister of the Government, or the merits of the objectives of such...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Thanks, Deputy Byrne. I agree with the views of all members. It is notable that Catherine's chair has been left vacant. No one has the courage to take it just yet. She will be a loss to the committee and to the Oireachtas in general. It will be Ireland's gain to have her as its first citizen. I congratulate her. I think an invitation has been sent or will be sent to her to attend the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Absolutely, I thought you were going to say that you hoped our remit will be extended to take on the-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: We will move on to No. 5. The minutes of the meeting of 23 October 2025 have been agreed and will be published on the committee's website. At that meeting, officials from the Department of justice asked to make a clarification in respect of one of their responses in the committee to a question from Deputy Ardagh regarding the maximum number of prisoners that the State had in custody. The...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Absolutely. Do we know the nature of the services involved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I suggest that, in the first instance, we write to the board of St. James's Hospital in order to get a full briefing on this matter because it is very serious. A significant amount of money was spent without the proper processes being undergone. I agree that this is a matter to which the committee will return. We will wait for a response to our correspondence and make a decision at that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: The financial statements were submitted six months behind schedule and then, following the audit, significant adjustments were required. This is quite concerning in my view. That they did not meet the timeline and then significant changes were needed points to a litany of failures. Will Mr. McCarthy go into some of the amendments that were required to the result?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Is it agreed to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. The listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. We will now consider B items of correspondence, which have been received from Accounting Officers and Government bodies. No. R0322 is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 20...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: It is an item we have discussed previously.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Yes, we can include that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Does any other member want to raise any other item?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I thank Mr. McCarthy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: We will engage with the Accounting Officer of Uisce Éireann to discuss its 2024 financial statements. We are joined by the following officials from Uisce Éireann: Mr. Niall Gleeson, chief executive officer, Mr. Chris McCarthy, chief financial officer, Mr. Sean Laffey, asset management and sustainability director, Ms Maria O'Dwyer, infrastructure delivery director, and Ms Margaret...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I ask chief executive, Mr. Gleeson, to give the opening statement on behalf of Uisce Éireann. As set out in the letter of invitation, he has five minutes to make his statement.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: I thank Mr. Gleeson. I note we will suspend for ten to 15 minutes for a break at 12 noon and resume shortly afterwards. I now open the floor to members. The lead speaker today is Deputy Neville, who has 15 minutes. All other members have ten minutes. If time permits, I will allow members back in at that point.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Deputy, we need to be careful about making allegations around specific names or entities.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Deputy, Mr. Munnelly wishes to come in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: The next questioner is Deputy Boland.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Has the Department looked at this area?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Uisce Éireann (6 Nov 2025)
John Brady: Okay. We will now take a short break.